April 1993.  From the South of France,  Loquax sailed east to Corsica, Italy and Greece before crossing the Aegean to Turkey.  Being near the end of the summer season in the Mediterranean Sea, it was time to turn the boat around and head for warmer climes of the Caribbean.

After the family flew home from Almerima in Spain, he was joined for his first Atlantic crossing by  two friends.  Calling briefly at Lanzarotte in the Canary Islands for fuel, water and food, they made the journey of nearly 3000 miles in a shade under three weeks.

In the Caribbean, he and his family explored the reefs and islands of the Windward Islands  before they moved north to the Leeward Islands and the Bahama chain.  In May '94, it was time to return to England.  With his two older daughters, Ruth (15) and Suzy (12), they re-crossed the Atlantic Ocean by the "fast rough and wet route" going north to pick up the prevailing westerlies before heading east for Flores in the Azores and then on to England.