Crystal Blues

My experience being hassled by 12 desperate Remora fish in the ocean off the coast of Suriname is apparently not so rare . Our friends on...

Hose clamps seem to be such simple things - yet choosing the wrong types can sure mess up an otherwise perfect sailing day. As we ...

Ley In The Galley As We Beat To The North West At Sunset After three weeks in Suriname we set sail again for our first Caribbean land...

For those following in our wake, we've published a useful guide to cruising services in Suriname, adding to the collection of guides av...

Image courtesy Noel Pauw - Waterland Marina Resort Here is the Waterland Marina in Suriname on one of those lovely foggy river mornings...

Paramaribo Homes - Photo By Evan Gatehouse Our two weeks on the Suriname River were punctuated by frequent trips "into town" ...

Back in Sarawak, northern Borneo , we experienced significant staining on the bow from the river waters. The Suriname River brought it al...

Crystal Blues arrived on the Suriname River exactly a week ago, on June 26. Having covered just on 5000 nautical miles in 8 weeks, we wer...

Sailing in the middle of a very large ocean, the days do start to blend in to one and time seems to distort a little. Ley and I move into a...

Late afternoon the clouds begin to gather, billowing upwards and outwards, encircling our horizon. The setting sun sprinkles them with ...

A tiny waxing cresent of a moon is setting before midnight on our passage from Ascension Island to Suriname. Then the starlight takes ove...

Last Saturday we departed Ascension Island, bound for Suriname in South America, though the departure wasn't without its challenges...