Passages North - Everything went "just swell"

As we sailed north along the Windward and Leeward island chains from Grenada to St. Martin we made three passages of longer duration.
The first was from Bequia, past St. Vincent, St. Lucia and Martinique to arrive in Dominica. Anchor to anchor - 37 hours - 150 miles
Our headsail halyard broke during this passage. After our repair on route we were unable to get the genoa to unfurl. This along with the diminished wind resulted in an overall average speed of just over 4 knots.
Our next major passage was from Iles Des Saintes, past Guadeloupe and Montserrat to arrive in Nevis. Anchor to anchor - 2l hours - 96 miles
We enjoyed an excellent sail in good conditions but did experience some problems along the way. We continued to have difficulty with the head-sail halyard, were rained upon for awhile, ran over a fishnet in the dark, got "slightly" lost and regretably were unable to stop in Montserrat as the weather made the north anchorages unsuitable and the toxic ash spewing from the volcano made the south anchorage unthinkable!
From Nevis we made our final run to St. Martin in near perfect conditions. This was a most pleasant passage as we sailed in the daylight and enjoyed viewing the 6 islands surrounding us as they were all clearly visible for the whole day - Nevis, St. Christopher (St. Kitts), St. Barthelemy (St. Barts), St. Eustatius (Statia), Saba and St. Martin.
We had an absolutely amazing sail, averaging 6.6 knots, during which Barry sighted a marlin as it flew out of the water beside us.
We arrived in to Philipsburg, Sint Maarten to find 4 cruise ships at the dock as well as the 12 metre past America's cup contenders racing in the harbour. (Canada 1 and 2, True North and Stars and Stripes) It was a thrill to anchor beside them for the night.
During all of the passages we endured a relentless swell from the north-east.
We sighted many flying fish, some sadly up close as they landed on our deck. We had many dolphin sightings as well as porpoises and possibly a pilot whale. As well, at night we were awed by the green, glowing underwater fireworks (phosphorescence) created by the bioluminescent micro-organisms dynaflagellates in our wake.
All in all the sailing was fantastic and the adventure was great fun.