{"id":278,"date":"2026-09-25T17:27:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T07:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maluayacht.com.au\/?page_id=278"},"modified":"2026-10-04T10:05:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T23:05:19","slug":"caribbean","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maluayacht.com.au\/?page_id=278","title":{"rendered":"Caribbean"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After arriving in Barbados in December 2012, Malua spent the early months of 2013 cruising north and west through the Caribbean: the Lesser Antilles, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola and Cuba.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/maluayacht.com.au\/?page_id=2079\">Read more \u2014 2012 \u2014 Original Journal<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/maluayacht.com.au\/?page_id=2080\">Read more \u2014 2013 \u2014 Original Journal<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/maluayacht.com.au\/?page_id=2285\">Read more \u2014 Caribbean 2013 \u2014 Original Voyage Notes<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Read the voyage in order<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3a88641f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group malua-card has-border-color is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-color:var(--wp--preset--color--accent-6);border-width:1px;border-radius:8px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><small>CHAPTER 01<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maluayacht.com.au\/?page_id=473\">Barbados to St Vincent and Bequia<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first Caribbean islands after the Atlantic crossing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/maluayacht.com.au\/?page_id=473\">Read this chapter \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group malua-card has-border-color is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-color:var(--wp--preset--color--accent-6);border-width:1px;border-radius:8px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><small>CHAPTER 02<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maluayacht.com.au\/?page_id=474\">Martinique to St Maarten<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North through the Lesser Antilles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/maluayacht.com.au\/?page_id=474\">Read this chapter \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3a88641f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group malua-card has-border-color is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-color:var(--wp--preset--color--accent-6);border-width:1px;border-radius:8px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><small>CHAPTER 03<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maluayacht.com.au\/?page_id=475\">BVI, USVI and Puerto Rico<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through the Virgin Islands and west to Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/maluayacht.com.au\/?page_id=475\">Read this chapter \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group malua-card has-border-color is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-color:var(--wp--preset--color--accent-6);border-width:1px;border-radius:8px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><small>CHAPTER 04<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maluayacht.com.au\/?page_id=476\">Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Haiti<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and \u00cele-\u00e0-Vache before the passage to Cuba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/maluayacht.com.au\/?page_id=476\">Read this chapter \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3a88641f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group malua-card has-border-color is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-color:var(--wp--preset--color--accent-6);border-width:1px;border-radius:8px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><small>CHAPTER 05<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maluayacht.com.au\/?page_id=514\">Cuba 2013<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Santiago de Cuba, the south coast and cays, the western tip and Havana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/maluayacht.com.au\/?page_id=514\">Read this chapter \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Photographs and route<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maluayacht.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MaluainCaribbeanSmaller-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/maluayacht.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MaluainCaribbeanSmaller-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Malua sailing in Caribbean waters\" class=\"wp-image-134\"\/ style=\"width:560px;height:auto\" 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