Sunboy (Hanse 470) and her crew visit Sth America

Hi mate, as we landed in St Lucia and went south from there, we didnt see a whole lot of the Carribean.  As far as cruising guides were concerned, we got most of our info from other cruisers and arc participants.  Because most people head the same way, there is a lot of networking going on.  Lot of good guide books available in Las Palmas. The islands and passages are pretty straight forward, the main thing to look out for was some of the anchorages in the island of St Vincent as there are certainly some real no go areas with people being attacked on the boats.  Our experience with the Carribean was that it was very comercialised and very crowded and very expensive.  The other area of concern developing when we were there was the passage from Grenada across to Los Roques and Los Aves.  They were still considered safe from attack from pirates operating out of Venezuela but there had been attacks reported between Grenada and the islands south being Trinidad and Tobago.  We sailed a fair way north from Grenada in company with another boat and took the precaution of blackout / radio silence but that was a bit extreme but with a young family on board just wanted to make sure.  Los Roques and Los Aves were great.  Obviously the latest information would be available when you arrive there.  Look forward to your call when the sounds lessen