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Slowing all the way down

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After pushing to get from Sweden to the Canary Islands in five months followed by a transatlantic passage, when we arrived in the Caribbean we were ready to slow down. So after some boat work in Grenada, we sailed from the Grenadines to St. Croix and spent almost six weeks between St. Croix, St. Thomas, and the BVI. We didn’t cover much distance in that time, but we did move and anchor nearly every day and the longest we stayed in one place was three nights. When we arrived in Culebra, one of the Spanish Virgin Islands and part of Puerto Rico, we were ready to slow down even more. Culebra is a fantastic place to cruise without really going anywhere. While the island doesn’t have the stunning geography of the USVI or BVI—it’s more arid, so instead of lush patches of greenery it’s more desert-like with plenty of cacti—the water color, clarity, and underwater life fully compensate for the above sea level beauty. Not to mention the laid back pace of the island, a relaxed tourism infrastruc