Gallery | Hirschey Family Sailing Year — Hirschey Family Sailing Year

We have loved Grand Anse rainbows - its not unusual to see multiple rainbows a day, often double rainbows!

Grenada Country Club golf course warning.

Henry and I had a great round at the Grenada Country Club, so happy we brough our little Sunday bags

First hole

View from the club house

Matt and Grace on a wreck dive.

This is how you know if best pizza place on the island is open - these signs hang all over the island. When Nat is off the island, no pizza... Who needs internet?!!!

Fancy mother son lunch following our round of golf

Great night with friends hosted by 42. I will never stop loving how much the kids of all ages bond when living on the water, the crew this night was ages 2-16.

Potluck on 42 - just an average Thursday night of magic.

Raft up! Treasuring friendships on all the things that float off the back of 42.

I could stay right in this place with these people forever.

"green sauce" ingredients - a Grenadian staple for cooking

Cooking class with Chef Kennedy

Learing to make salt fish fritters.

Grace chopping a pumpkin from the garden.

Grace and Jules for a day of visiting the markets downtown St. George's.

Hosting movie night on the big screen - love having the projector.

movie night.

Elizabeth and Sundance boys ready to take on Concord Falls jumping.

Henry after jumping in at Concord Falls, Grenada.

Henry jumping.

The kids checking out the jump platform.

Concord falls.

Johny and Mary from Sundance - love them!

Elizabeth and Sundance at Concord Falls.

Pre-Halloween party; sadly, the only picture I took. We had a great night with Sundance, 42, and Peaks, complete with a scavenger hunt, trivia, trick-or-treat, and a movie.

Chocolate bon bon class results at True Blue

Chocolate making class at True Blue

Grace paddling out for an early morning surfing sessions at Prickly break

Henry heading out for morning surfing

Henry and his buddy Everett living the dream

Game night with Sundance

Woburn moms - so thankful for these ladies!

The dads :)

Grace and Jules

At the helm on a day sail

Recovering after our adventure of running out of gas in St. George Harbor.

61 West for sunset dinner, one of our favorite spots on Grand Anse beach

SV Elizabeth - the only boat anchored at Sandy Island of the northeast coast of Grenada, pretty magical!

It never gets old

The kids with Captain Sarah

Loved having captain Sarah aboard to help us finish our ASA certifications and fine tune some skills. She knew all the best snorkle spots.

Heading out for an adventure around Sandy Island

Grace and Sarah bonding over their shared love of nature, animals, the ocean and exploring.

Sandy Island swim with Henry

Wrapping up our 3 amazing days with Sarah aboard.

Grace and her friends for tween movie night at Peaks.

Nothing like a sunset paddle with your bestie.

Henry going under to clean the hulls.

Henry's buddy Isaac coming to wake skate on the home made skate - basically a piece of wood with plastic wrap provides an afternoon of endless creativity, challenge and fun. Love these kids!

Sunset over Grenada from the windward side of the island.

Exploring the old structures on Sandy Island

Sandy Island

Windward side of Sandy Island

Our private harbor at Sandy Island on the windward side of Grenada - magic!

Could have stayed here forever.

Our home :)

Open water scuba certified!

Scuba certification under way!

Birthday Pepsi - so good

Family birthday breakfast and slide show

Getting this fancy Grenadian chocolate cake to the boat on a windy day with unsettled seas was an adventure!

Celebrating with besties from Peaks

Hanging with Sea the Good and Sundance buddies

Celebrating with Sundance

Salon packed tight for a big birthday song

All dressed up and headed to fancy dinner - long gone are the days of hair and make up for anything - even fancy dinner

Henry's 15th birthday dinner at the Aquarium Restaurant in Grenada

Max and Allie

No target out here, instead incredibly thoughtful and hand made b-day gifts. So special.

Joined PCYC where the kids take lessons with locals to learn to sail and race all the little boats

kids on the pico

The kids took us sailng on the hobie

Kids took us sailing on the hobie cat

kids took us sailing on the hobie cat

Carnival in Grenada with Sundance

Friends from Pelican headed to Carnival

Carnival, Grenada

Carnival described by the kids in two words - butt cheeks

Carnival, Grenada

What I plan to look like for Carnival next year ;)

What Matt plans to look like for Carnival next year

Grace at Carnival

What Henry plans to look like for Carnival next year (not a chance ;)

life is a playground

Carnival

Container park lunch with sundance - cool little stalls of really good food, everyone can choose what they want - sushi, Indian, pizza, mexican, acia bowls, burgers....

Henry and Everett enjying burgers at the container park

Family dinner with Sundance

sunset battle mat play with Sundance at Grand Mal

Nats Pizza - who knew the best authentic Italian pizza was in Grenada?! Think Sicilian Jack Sparrow at Woodstock.

Nats with Salty Recess and Sundance

Nat's pizza - who knew the best authentic italian pizza was in Grenada? There are little signs in the street that say Nat's in, which means they are open. When he is off island, they are closed

Teen table at Nat's

Magical day at Grand Etang National Park with besties -Peaks.

Grace and Shari

Henry, Grace, Isaac and Shari, Grand Etang National Park with besties -Peaks.

Grand Etang National Park with besties -Peaks.

Hike at Grand Etang National Park, Grenada

The Mona monkeys were so cool at Grand Etang National Park, Grenada They are wild but the park sign says it is okay to feed them fruit - bring a bag of skin ups and you will make a mona monkey friend!

Wild monkeys and we were able to feed and pet them, a local "called" them for us - it was so cool, he was playing his guitar by the lake and asked if we wanted to see the monkeys, he called to them and they came swinging down!

Justing and Mona Monkey, friends for life

Unbelievable!

They are wild but the park sign says it is okay to feed them fruit - bring a bag of skin ups and you will make a mona monkey friend!

Mt. Carmel Falls, Grenada with friends Salty Recess and Sundance

Grace, Hailey and Jules at the Mt. Carmel Falls

Upper falls @ Mt. Carmel Falls

Love this life!

Grace under the falls

Grace under the upper falls

Henry and Everett at the lower falls

Henry and Everette Mt. Carmel Falls

Mt. Carmel Upper Falls - the water pressure is paradise, like a really intense massage.

Henry sliding down the lower falls

You can jump off a ledge into the water in the lower falls, Mt. Carmel Falls

Don't think, just jump! (After the depth has been confirmed of course ;)

playing in the waves at BBC beach

BBC beach

We found a little surf break in Prickly Bay - hours of fun.

surfing with Sundance

piled in Ashley's bus who drives us all up to the mountains to hash

Bus to the hash

Hash run with friends up in the mountains of Grenada

Hash - lots of steep up and downs and bush wacking, super fun

With bestie Mary on the Hash

Tough chicks doing the hash

Me and Grace of course jumped in the baby waterfall to cool off mid-hash (sneakers and all)

Hash

Hash - it was so beautiful, such a cool way to see the country and things off the beaten path

This is the only structure on the beach, no electricity or water but a little spot to set up your potluck with friends

beach bonfire with friends

Animal love

2nd Beach with friends

2nd beach bonfire

2nd beach hang out - tiny tots through teens got in on the sharks and minnows game

2nd beach games

Double rainbow over our boat :)

First leak in the bildges

This is what work looks like now (so far we have remembers to don shirts prior to joining the Zoom ;)

Book club

Love my crew

Under sail

Quality time under sail

quality time under sail

At the helm

Under sail

Dinner with Captain Nico

Jos and Ellie, this one is for you

Cocoa and Grace running - the waves crash from both sides on this beautiful little strip of white sand.

Carriacou

Swimming in Carriacou.

Photobomb!

Chef Tim's restaurant is the only thing on this beach, accessible by boat and by reservation. Magic

Carraicou sunset

Day sail around Union Island

PSV

We found the World Cup final! Can you see it in the corner?

World Cup - Spain all the way at The Cove

St. George's

Grenadian Chocolate Company

Grace's first fish in the Carribean

Grace and friends at Le Phare Bleu

Sharing the scrabble love

Le Phare Bleu pool (daily activity when in Woburn Bay)

Grace and Shari enjoying the wind

Lots of board games

Hammock set up under the trampoline - genius, so cool and calm.

Grace and Hailey afternoon of bracelet making

tubing afternoons are one of Grace's favorites

Henry, Isaac and Everett - always out adventuring

Wake boarding with the surf board in Woburn

Our little monkey

Sunset in the cut Woburn Bay

Grace and Henry playing king of the paddle board

Making bread in our solar oven

So much growth and independence earned out here

Piled in our new car

Takes my breath away every night

Lots of chess playing

Walking trail at the Marina that Cocoa loves

Grand Anse mooring sunset

She's never met a little creature she didn't love

First marina dinner - Clarkes Court

Henry is pretty stoked about all the fishing gear left behind by the prior owner.

Working hands and feet, (seems the first aid kit is pulled out multiple times a day)

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