Galley Wench Tales

Exploring the world through the people we meet
and the food they eat.

Goat Soup at Toney’s

Goat soup:  colorful and most important, tasty. It came with alime wedge, a crusty piece of bagette and Caribbeanhot sauce.  I was happy it was not served in stryofoam,so common at most affordable ($4 Euros or $5 US,a slight discount as it’s $1.30...

We’re Baaaack! Cheese, Wonderful Cheese

Chevre, camembert, brie, Edam, dry salami… Ahhh, sweetre-provisioning. in the French territory Caribbean isle ofSt. Martin.  Happy tongues and tighter waistlines,while supplies last. At last, we return to the land of irresistible food fashonistas… French...

Reverse Returns, Triumphantly

In between our rudder and our keel, is the Kiwi Prop thatcame on our boat.  This photo was taken while our boatwas hauled out into Rodney Bay’s yard so we couldsand, strip and refinish our hull.It looked identical to a mooring ball.  Instead, it...

Eat, Drink & Be Merry: Yuletides Yachtee-Style

Dinghys galore and no nearby store?  Sure evidence there’sa yachtee party afoot!  Indeed there was in the lagoonat Simpson Bay St Martin. Overheard at the Boxing Day Beach BBQ: You’re drinking… water?Ummm, yeah.  I’ll just tell everyone I’m drinking...

Clack-clacks Gone!

Here’s what a cicada looks like; I’ve never knowinglyseen one.  Photo courtesy of Turtuga Blanku,a musician and biologist. CLANK-clank chime the halyards inside our mast as we rock ‘n roll in the swells 0f Simpson Bay, Philipsburg, Sint Maarten, ROARRRRR soar the...