Summer in the Cayman Islands

As we mentioned in one of our Sail Cayman Facebook posts this week, summer is fast approaching Cayman and by judging the weather today, April 26th, it feels as if we are already in mid summer- it also makes us realize that there is still a lot more heat and humidity coming our way in August and September.

But…we are not complaining, not Sail Cayman, never! Summer weather like this means more time on and in the water for us. Nothing beats standing in waist deep clear blue water at Stingray City on a day like today, especially if it involves a frosty in the hand. Nothing cools down the body temperature like a long snorkel over our shimmering and colourful reefs which, of course, makes a frosty taste that much better when back on board. That exhilarating sensation of diving off the boat into our clear blue water, feeling the cool water rush over your body and turning your face up to the sun and surface to pop up and see the clear blue cloud splattered sky and Splendour in the Wind or NautiGal anchored and waiting for you.

Summer brings mostly afternoon rain showers and Sail Cayman never tires of watching those billowing dark grey clouds approaching over azure sunlit waters. Sometimes we sail past the shower, sometimes we get caught in it and it is in moments like these that we feel truly alive. Drenched in a fresh cool rain shower in the beautiful Cayman Islands.

Bring on the summer, Sail Cayman is ready and excited, bring on the sailing charters, bring on the stingray city charters, bring on the snorkeling charters, they all mean more awesome times for us!Image

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Cayman Islands wins #1 as a Caribbean Vacation Destination

In February of this year, the Cayman Islands were voted #3 on the list of best vacation destinations in the Caribbean, 2 months later and the Cayman Islands have just been voted #1 by US News Travel! “The charming Cayman Islands continue to be a coveted Caribbean getaway, providing for both adventurous and more immobile travelers. Gorgeous barrier reefs call to divers as the rum punch calls to the beach bums. Honeymooners hike through the 200-year-old Mastic Trail as parents take their children for interactive swims at Stingray City. Whichever way you choose to mellow out, the Cayman Islands can oblige”.

Here at Sail Cayman we are thinking that we must be doing something right as an island, as a community of water sports operators, as lovers of the great outdoors and as ambassadors who truly love to show the best of what Cayman has to offer to our clients, thereby ensuring a great time and a return visit and who knows, they may even transform from a visitor into a resident so as to call beautiful Cayman their new home.

At Sail Cayman we know it’s all about customer service, from the minute we get the 1st phone call or email reservation to the moment where we welcome our passengers on board. Sail Cayman understands that it’s about comfort, safety, sharing knowledge, good times, the right tunes and the perfect atmosphere on board. It is after all YOUR vacation, and it is our pleasure to make it the best day of your vacation and a memory you will take home with you and share with friends.

Sail Cayman believes that we have been part and parcel of this awesome and very well deserved #1 vote from US News Travel. As part of the water sports and tourism industry we are both proud and super stoked!

Bring it on Cayman, let’s show even more visitors an absolutely awesome time on a totally awesome Caribbean Island!

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The Importance of Seeing the Sunset

Why do we humans love to watch the sunset. Walk Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman any given night and you will see people either sitting and watching the sunset or enjoying an evening walk whilst watching the sunset. Happy Hour at any beach or ocean facing bar or restaurant in Grand Cayman has everyone facing west. Sail Cayman gets frequent bookings for sunset sails or charters as you have seen on our Facebook posts our clients share their images with us. So we thought we’d do some research and we found these very profound quotes today and thought we must share as they are truly beautiful and profound, just like a Caribbean Sunset in the Cayman Islands.

“Sunsets inspire us because light radiating through the clouds offers us some kind of reprieve that all the troubles and all the difficulties of the day are laid to rest in the beauty shown in the sky. It’s in our psyche to desire beauty at the end of the day, so that we can rest assured tomorrow will be perhaps a better day. We sleep better following a pretty or meaningful sunset” – Sandpoint PR.

“When the sun has set, no candle can replace it.” 
― George R.R. Martin

“Soon it got dusk, a grapy dusk, a purple dusk over tangerine groves and long melon fields; the sun the color of pressed grapes, slashed with burgundy red, the fields the color of love and Spanish mysteries.” 
― Jack KerouacOn the Road

“There’s a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free. Don’t miss so many of them.” 
― Jo Walton

“A large drop of sun lingered on the horizon and then dripped over and was gone, and the sky was brilliant over the spot where it had gone, and a torn cloud, like a bloody rag, hung over the spot of its going. And dusk crept over the sky from the eastern horizon, and darkness crept over the land from the east.” 
― John SteinbeckThe Grapes of Wrath

“Never waste any amount of time doing anything important when there is a sunset outside that you should be sitting under!” 
― C. JoyBell C.

“In silence the three of them looked at the sunset and thought about God.” 
― Maud Hart LovelaceBetsy-Tacy and Tib

“The pale stars were sliding into their places. The whispering of the leaves was almost hushed. All about them it was still and shadowy and sweet. It was that wonderful moment when, for lack of a visible horizon, the not yet darkened world seems infinitely greater—a moment when anything can happen, anything be believed in.” 
― Olivia Howard DunbarThe Shell of Sense

“If I could lick the sunset, I’ll bet it would taste like Neapolitan ice cream. 
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― Jarod KintzAt even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you’d still waste time by reading it.

“Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer the goal.” 
― Elbert Hubbard

“Once I saw a chimpanzee gaze at a particularly beautiful sunset for a full 15 minutes, watching the changing colors [and then] retire to the forest without picking a pawpaw for supper.” 
― Adriaan Kortlandt

“I don’t know how long we stay that way, but we watch the sun go down together. The giant, burnt-orange sphere sinks towards the horizon, coloring the rock layers until it’s gone and the canyon is covered in shadow.” 
― Jennifer Salvato DoktorskiHow My Summer Went Up in Flames

We here at Sail Cayman now hope you feel inspired to make every effort to see more sunsets!

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