Author Archives: Richard Hewson

Sunday Island took off like a rocket as we departed Los Roques as we sailed down wind with two reefs in the mainsail and a poled out Yankee at 10kts. She seemed to be enjoying her freedom sailign downwind like a bird after being caged up in Trinidad for 6 months. By now all theContinue reading “Hewson’s “Sunday Island “”

Hurricane season in the Caribbean can be hot, humid and sweaty. We left Sunday Island on the hardstand at Powerboats yard in Trinidad and headed back to Tasmania for some work contracts and to keep ourselves sane over the Hurricane Season. This year has proven to be a good one with respect to the lackContinue reading “Richard Hewson & familyDeparting Trinidad”

Our avid readers are probably wondering what happened to Sunday Island and the Hewson family???? Do not fret, we are alive and well and have slotted back into 9-5 life – sort of! In April I had a contract with Incat Tasmania to commission their high speed catamarans and captain them for sea trials soContinue reading “Cruising family update – Tassie, work, school and repairs”

Our adventures onboard Sunday Island so far can be separated into four parts. Part one cruising from Hinderlopen NL through the French canals to Marseille. Part Two cruising the Mediterranean. Part 3 sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, Part 4 cruising the caribbean. With the hurricane season approaching we needed to work out a plan. SailingContinue reading “Sunday Island Adventures caribbean conclusion”

We had a fantastic time in the BVI’s and found the reefs had the best coral and sea life that we have seen this voyage. In Trunk Bay Virgin Gorda we had fun exploring the “Baths”, a group of rocks that have been pushed up from tectonic activity many years ago creating caves and aContinue reading “BVI, Antigua and Tobago Keys”

We arrived in Antigua on the 19th January 2023 and anchored in Pigeon Beach in English Harbour. It had been 12 years since Emilie or I had visited Antigua and it was good to be back. It has been interesting to see the amount of development around English and Falmouth Harbour, with lots of newContinue reading “Antigua to BVI’s”

Sunday Island anchored off the Malendure Guadalupe on Sunday 8th January 2023. We remained at anchor for four fantastic days. Each day we would enjoy two or three snorkelling expeditions to Pidgeon Island and the Jaques Cousteau Marine Reserve allowing us to snorkel the entire way around both Pigeon Island and her smaller sister PetitContinue reading “Grenada, Dominica and Antigua”

Today we arrived at The Pigeon Islands (often nicknamed “Réserve Cousteau”) are two tiny islets laying only 1 kilometer from Bouillante and Malendure beach, on the west side of Guadeloupe. This protected area, part of the Guadeloupe National Park since 2009, and accessible only by the sea, provides a unique concentration of marine life. TheContinue reading “Cousteau Reserve”

Sunday Island sailed from Grenada north to Union Island via Carriacou to meet some friends for Christmas. Our Aussie friends on “Cowabunga”, “What Else”, and Dutch mates on “Off Course”. All our friends were cruising with kids of similar age to Issy and Max and we were anchored Close enough for the kids to swimContinue reading “Happy New Year”

On Monday we set sail from Tobago Keys to sail to Grenada. We had a brief stop in Union Island to clear customs. Unfortunately a cruise ship had arrived that morning so we sat waiting for customs and immigration for 2 1/2 hours. By the time we set sail it was too late to sailContinue reading “Grenada”