We Are Here! We Are in Grenada!

8/3/2026

There is something really magical about arriving at a long sought after destination. A trip that was years in the making. And doing it twice as Wild Horses has done? Well, it is an incredible feeling. But each journey south for us has had its own magic.

Our Grenada courtesy flag

One very happy crew

Our Wild Horses sign (painted by us in 2023) hangs proudly at Paradise Beach Club

Caribbean sunsets never get boring

Ocean loves that our home always comes with us, no matter which country we are in

Arriving in Grenada in 2023, after many, many years of planning, dreaming and preparing…well, we were overwhelmed with the feeling of accomplishment. We were tired though. Tired of the long journey and tired of fixing so many things on the boat along the way.

This time, arriving in Grenada, it feels different. We are not as tired or overwhelmed.
No, the biggest feeling we have this time is gratitude.

But why?

We took (almost) the same route from Florida to Grenada as we did the first time. We have the same boat. We have the same crew. Like the last time, we have run into boat issues and we have had weather delays. On paper, everything is pretty much the same as our first trip south. So, why does it feel different?

Deciding to go back to Grenada was a difficult one. On one hand, we wanted a second chance at exploring the Eastern Caribbean that we feel we rushed through the last time. On the other hand, we knew how hard the work would be to span the distance from northern Florida to Grenada. Just shy of 1,700 nautical miles.

This go around, most of those miles were hard fought. This season the trade winds have been relentless. The sea state higher. The weather windows were few and far between. Not easy. And, yes, stuff on the boat had to be fixed along the way this time too. Our anchor light, various engine leaks, a water maker leak, navigation lights that shorted out…I could go on and on.

So, why are we so grateful when the journey was actually more difficult?

It is because of the community of sailors that surrounds us. And in 2026, our personal community got A LOT bigger. It isn’t that there are more sailors out here since 2023 or that we are two times more social. No, it is because now in 2026 we just have more sailors able to connect easily with other sailors. Starlink, WhatsApp, the NoForeignLand app, Facebook and Instagram. Tools of connection for us sailors.

In 2023, we had great friends with whom we spent many, many miles buddy boating, and along the way we met a few people here and there. It made for a rich experience that we absolutely treasure. We used WhatsApp a bit for texting our buddy boats and it was great. Much better than trying to hold a conversation over VHF with a fuzzy reception and reciting the word “over” all the time!

Going south in 2026, a WhatsApp texting group called “Grenada Bound” formed while we were in Georgetown, Bahamas and it became a buddy boat collector. Way back in March, about eight boats started the group (including Wild Horses) and new boats were added exponentially all along The Thorny Path. The group has ballooned to over forty boats and it is a wealth of information-sharing about Customs & Immigration, fuel prices, anchorages, tours, boat projects and all the other things that bring joy and sorrow into this cruising lifestyle. When schedules aligned, a few boats would travel together for a leg or two. Or share an anchorage (and sundowners) for one or two nights until one of the boats would move along. We all stayed connected through the Grenada Bound WhatsApp group, sharing our sail plans so that connecting in person, whenever possible, was easier.

Now that most of the group (nicknamed “Grenada Bounders”) has arrived in Grenada, the chatting has switched over to the social side of things – who is doing what and where. We are never alone and never bored!

Yes, we are grateful. We have many friends surrounding us and they come from all walks of life, different countries, different backgrounds. This is the beauty of a WhatsApp group that is built by globe-trotting people where the only entry fee is having a boat. Our group is a rich tapestry of experiences and they all genuinely want to share their information, skills, humour, and time. Over forty boats, congratulating each other as each leg of this journey unfolded, mostly over text but still with a deep depth of understanding for the work, the stress, the accomplishment.

We had a smaller dose of this in 2023 and, yes, we were grateful then too. To have our sailing connections explode into the grand community that it is today, maybe the word ”grateful” isn’t big enough. All the sailors we met back then, plus the ones we are sharing Grenada with today, plus our ever-supportive friends and family. Oh my. We are very blessed.

(See below for some of the shenanigans that unfolded with various Grenada Bounders from St. Lucia to Grenada)