Tag Archives: Lesser Antilles
Guadeloupe: Following the Footsteps of Christopher Columbus
GLONASS and Dominica
The GLONASS operation is fine and we continue our round-the-world yacht trip, exploring the Caribbean islands. Beside the beauty Martinique, its plain sister Dominica, the motherland of the tribe of Kalinago, is snuggling. Not in the sense of the nature’s … Continue reading
Exploring Martinique: “Where Unknown Beasts Move Never Seen by Man’s Eyes”
Let’s continue our story about Martinique. It’s a place where Josephina Bogarne, a French empress and the first wife of Napoleon I, was born and brought up. We took the opportunity and decided to search the legendary Sea Serpent on … Continue reading
With GLONASS by the Caribbean: Martinique
Countries started changing with a startling speed just like in a kaleidoscope. Another flag atop the mast! Martinique is an island in the central part of the Lesser Antilles archipelago. It lies in the Caribbean sea of the Atlantic, where we sailed guided by GLONASS. In administrative terms, Martinique is an overseas region of France. What, the French again? Doesn’t Martinique have its own flag????
GLONASS Operates on Barbados, but You Can’t Vote There
GLONASS Tested on Yacht Delta in the Atlantic
Yacht Delta Successfully Crossed the Atlantic
…and on February 21, 2011, the Russian yacht Delta moored to Barbados.
Russian yacht Delta started on June 12, 2011, from the Kremlin walls and successfully finished another phase of its round-the-world expedition, a three-week passage over the Atlantic.
We are happy to congratulate Capt. Nevzorov and his wife Elena who is taking part in such a complex voyage.