Dominica Chocolate is a Great Way to Get a True Taste
A visit to Bois Cotlette is a good way to get a true taste of Dominica, as well as to find some real Dominica chocolate to bring back
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Fourth Annual Yachtie Appreciation Week (YAW) Set for March 10-17, 2019
There’s a new date for what has become one of the most popular cruiser’s weeks of the year in Dominica. Portsmouth Association of Yacht Services (PAYS) members have listened to past visitors and moved the date of this event to the second week in March. This timing is after the typically blustery breeze in February…
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Dominica Welcomes Cruisers For Third Yachtie Appreciation Week
Yachtie Appreciation Week started in Dominica as a way for islanders to say ‘thank you’ to sailors for recovery assistance in the aftermath of Hurricane Erica in 2015. Three years later, following the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria, this bond between the local community and visiting cruisers is stronger than ever. In fact, some 70…
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Thunderbolts & Lightning, Very, Very Frightening …
This month we are running an article about lightning at sea written by cruiser and regular All At Sea contributor Rosie Burr. It’s never our intention to frighten people but occasionally lightning strikes do happen. And it’s no comfort knowing that in a lightning storm the mast of your sailboat is the highest thing around…
