SAILING THE CARIBBEAN WITH SAIL OASIS CHARTER

04 Jun SAILING THE CARIBBEAN WITH SAIL OASIS CHARTER

 

I will never forget the first time I saw Grenada.

After 8 hours flying over the Atlantic I finally called land when rested my gaze on the island of Barbados.

I landed in Grenada only late night.

Everything was dark, but I could hear the sound of the frogs in the shadows, the winds brought tropical scents from the nearby rainforest and in the sky was glittering with so many stars like I’d never seen before.

At the airport I met Julian, a real british captain and gentleman, and in the quiet of the night we cut throughout the dark water of St. Georges anchorage until we reached Oasis: an ocean 71 of 78 feet. My home for a month.

 

The day after I woke up at the sound of waves and wind.

I reached up to the cockpit still half sleeping, and I couldn’t believe the view I had before me.

Landscapes so different from the ones I was used to, a vegetation so luxuriant and those pastel houses scattered between jungle and sea.

This is how my adventure at the Caribbean started.

 

I had joined Julian to help him out with the charters, and spent a fantastic month among some of the most beautiful islands on Earth.

We had english tea in the morning and cheese cake at night.

I made countless gin tonics for the guests, and cheered with as many rum punches.

I met Neil, who runs a colored motorboat as if it was a motorbike, and runs the bbq at the beach at night.

And shared the boat with Des, our cook -well, you didn’t expect me to cook, did you??- who works on charter boats all year around to send the money to her daughter studying in England.

 

I washed my clothes in a bucket, in bikini, under the tropical sun, and then let them dry by the trade winds.

 

During this month, I really understood how it means to live freely.

Free from society constrictions, free from false needs, free from shoes.

 

Land!

Barbados looked like a mirage after 8 hours of ocean

 

the first thing I saw on my first day at the Caribbean:

Grenada coastline – and I remained speechless

 

my cabin for a month

can you imagine how it is to fall asleep in here

cradled by the waves and glancing at the stars from the hatch?

 

capt. Julian under command

 

island hopping with Sail Oasis! 

This in the picture is Palm Island, a private island owned by a Resort

 

does desert islands exist?

They do indeed!

This is White Island, a beautiful white rock scattered into the Caribbean Sea.

 

Oasis as seen from Sandy Island, another desert island just off Hillsborough.

 

Caribbean aperitivo

 

Paradise beach – Carriacou

 

drink at Salt Whistle Bay on Mayreau island

 

a rainbow gate welcomes us as approaching the Tobago Cays

 

on Petit Rameau Island in the Tobago Cays NP

there’s a beach barbecue where locals grill lobsters straight from the sea

some say it’s the best lobster they ever tasted!

 
 

evenings on board Oasis

 

.. and mornings.

 
 

Des giving a lobster a hard time

 
 

it’s always time for a rum punch at the Caribbean! 😀

 

Caribbean’s sunsets are just magical

 

there are not only island locals – the under the sea scene looks like

straight out of “The Little Mermaid”

 

Captain & Chief mate 😀

 

off Wallilabou Bay – set of the Pirates of the Caribbean

 

this is how I spent most of the time on board Oasis:

staring at the infinite beauty of this piece of paradise!

 

Julian has a decennial experience in chartering the Caribbean. You could certainly say that it’s his home now and when he shows you around it’s by all means like being with a local.

With Oasis he let the guests live the adventure of a lifetime sailing the beautiful Grenadines, and not only!

If you want to live the Caribbean the right way, Sail Oasis is for you!

Find Julian and all the info you need at his website: charter yacht Grenadines.