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Phenomenal sunsets play out daily across the Caribbean, though I can hardly imagine any more spectacular than this one at Salt Whistle Bay in Mayreau, the smallest of the inhabited islands of The Grenadines.

Government shutdowns, DACA, North Korean nukes, #metoo, the Russia Investigation... Current TV news headlines make an escape to the Caribbean more essential than ever these days. For me, if said escape takes me to Martinique, all the better.

The endless rewards of sailing around Martinique have long centered on the 48 satellite islets that can mostly be found along Martinique's east coast. You certainly shouldn't sleep on the charms that line her western shores, though...

As one of the only charter companies offering fully non-motorized excursions to Buck Island, Teroro II & Dragonfly Buck Island Charters delivers a singularly special experience that's a must for us each and every time we find ourselves back home.

Inside the Middle Caicos Co-op you'll find all manner of hand-crafted goods – hats, baskets, paintings, bracelets, placemats; all of it celebrating the cultural heritage of the Turks and Caicos Islands. It's all great, but the thing that most caught my attention were the model sailboats.

In the wake of Hurricane Maria, I'm happy to report that Turtle Beach and Buck Island, St. Croix remain just as awesome as ever.

All things being equal, I'd rather find myself in the surrounds pictured above... Buck Island... St. Croix... U.S. Virgin Islands... Home.

Calm seas may not make great sailors, as the old saying goes, but they sure can make happy ones. At least they seem to in this image from Punta Cana...

A reward awaits this sailor, and anyone else who happens to take a southwesterly route around Scotts Head, a tombolo at the most southern point of Dominica.