ROUTE WANDERING GYPSY Flexibility is the operative word aboard GYPSY. Yes, we hope to make measurable progress towards California (and avoid the Hurricane season in the Caribbean), but the journey is our reward, not the destination. We are opportunists -- willing to let sea and circumstance guide us where they will. Pleasure and adventure are the defining criteria for choosing a route. The plan is to avoid planning. That being said, what follows is a tentative schedule of where we'll be over the next few months. date. location. comments. April 22 St. Thomas, USVI Drydock for repairs May 27 Tortola, BVI Cruise the British Virgin Islands May 31 St. Maarten Cruise the French leeward islands June 12 Antigua Sailing capitol of the Caribbean June 17 Guadeloupe Isles de Saints are spectacular June 18 Dominica Stunning rainforest hiking June 19 Martinique Start of the Windward Islands June 21 St. Lucia Explore the fabulous Grenadines June 26 Carriacou End of the windward islands June 27 Tobago Begin Venezuela coastal passage July 8 Trinidad Stop for minor repairs July 15 Margarita Clearing port for Venezuela July 20 Isla Tortugas Layover to Los Roques July 25 Los Roques Celebrated cruiser hide-away August 1 Bonaire Stellar diving August 10 Curacao Layover for Colombian Passage September 3 Aruba Two-day stop before Colombia September 11 Cartegena One month layover October 10 San Blas Islands secluded Panama Archipelago November 8 Panama Canal Passage to the Pacific	I must be worthy of the great DiMaggio, who does all things perfectly, even with the pain of the bone spur in his heal. The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway