Adjusting Our Sails For A New Course
Ahoy. It has been a while since our last update. And we have lots of good news and some sad news to share with you. Nemo Is For Sale Let’s get the sad news out of the way. We have to sell our beloved yacht, Nemo 🥲. The pandemic has affected us hard. Since March […]
Download: Hauling Out Check List (2nd Edition)
Hauling Out in the Caribbean! After each charter season in the Caribbean, Nemo gets hauled out in Grenada for her own vacation. Getting prepared for a haulout can be a little daunting and comparing a ‘Haulout list’ is often a conversation topic between yacht crews over a rum punch!! To ensure Nemo is fully prepared, […]
Volcano Eruption! Support St. Vincent & The Grenadines
On 9th April at 8:41 AM La Soufrière volcano on St. Vincent erupted. Since then, it has erupted over 30 times. Ash has spewed into the atmosphere up to 40-50,000 feet high covering islands far and wide, and pyroclastic flows have started. This disaster is finally getting the visibility it needs as the fallout will […]
Going up the Mast Safely. Our Top 5 Tips
We have owned Nemo for almost five years now and in that time both of us have been going up the mast regularly. Well, maybe Neil has been up a few times more than Sam!! This week Neil went up the mast three times, which meant Sam had to winch him up three times! One […]
7 Steps for Travelling in COVID Times
It is great to be back in Grenada! We arrived on Saturday evening, having travelled through Barbados. And we had the wonderfully warm welcome we have always received when we arrived. Of course, there was a little bit of extra admin to deal with and we are now in quarantine, but that is all part […]
THE Best Caribbean Cabin Charter Experience
Ahoy there! We are on our way back to the Caribbean – yippee! Yes, we are in Barbados right now and later today we head on to Grenada and Nemo ✈️ ? ☀️ ⛵️. We have had a busy socially distant summer visiting family and making sure our sailing licences are all up to […]
Advice for Booking Charters in COVID Times
Caribbean Yacht Charters in a Pandemic. Last Updated: January 2021 Are you longing to feel the warm air on your skin as your yacht glides through crystal clear tropical Caribbean waters? Are you looking to book a sailing holiday but are not sure how to plan given the pandemic? Yacht Charters in the Caribbean in […]
Yacht Charter Guest Course
BlueFoot Travel’s cabin charters give guests the opportunity to get hands-on sailing experience. As such we welcome many different levels of sailor – from experienced to first-timers. Over the last four years of running yacht charters in the Caribbean, those guests with little sailing experience suggested it would be great to get some insights into […]
Scraping, Sanding & Antifouling Nemo
This time last year Neil was in antifouling hell! Why? Well, we decided to stay in Grenada last year and work on Nemo. As with any boat, we had lots of Nemo projects, but the BIG project was scraping Nemo’s antifoul clad hull back to the gel coat. Woohoo, fun aplenty ahead!! We bought Nemo […]
Recipe: Rum Old Fashioned
After a fabulous day of sailing on Nemo, there is nothing better than sipping on a delicious cocktail as the sun sets. One of Captain Neil’s favourite rum sundowners is a Rum Old Fashioned. We first tasted one at Pillars in Nelson’s Dockyard in Antigua. And it has been on Nemo’s cocktail menu ever since, […]
