New year’s Eve 2025

Another year passed and a new one to begin at midnight, but do you celebrate midnight in your host country or your native country? We chose to do both. That way we could have dinner and champagne at 8pm while watching the broadcast of the London fireworks, go to bed for a while and then get up to watch the local fireworks at local midnight. How cunning are we?

New Year’s eve is a time to reminisce and for us it was counting back on previous New Years since we’ve lived on Jackster.

2008 was our first and memorable as a disaster. We were taking advantage of a weather window to travel from Luperon, DR to Puerto Rico and 30 minutes into 2009 the forward gear failed leaving us floating in a windless night and with 180nm to go. Read more at

http://sv-jackster.blogspot.com/2009/06/1-jan-2009-happy-new-year.html

2009 Cartagena with friends and strolling around the old city.

http://sv-jackster.blogspot.com/2010/01/31-december-2009-new-years-eve.html

2010 New Zealand, Urquharts Bay, Whangerei. Beautiful scenery and a quiet celebration

http://sv-jackster.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-years-eve-exercise-to-eat.html

2011 New Zealand, Russell with Chris and Dave of Chrisandaver’s Dream

http://sv-jackster.blogspot.com/2012/01/saturday-31-december-new-years-eve-in.html

2012 Sydney, The BEST time; fireworks, best friend Cathy who was the first to call me The Jackster

http://sv-jackster.blogspot.com/2013/01/new-years-eve-2012-sydney-extravaganza.html

2013 Thailand, Phuket party town

http://sv-jackster.blogspot.com/2013/01/new-years-eve-2012-sydney-extravaganza.html

2014 Palau and a last minute change of plans meant NY on anchor and not at sea.

http://sv-jackster.blogspot.com/2015/01/new-years-eve-2014.html

2015 Thailand, Nai Harn with Amy and Andrew

http://sv-jackster.blogspot.com/2016/01/new-year-2016-nai-harn.html

2016 Thailand, Nai Harn before embarking on our passage across the Indian Ocean

http://sv-jackster.blogspot.com/2016/01/new-year-2016-nai-harn.html

2017 South Africa, Richards Bay on the other side of the Indian Ocean

http://sv-jackster.blogspot.com/2018/01/new-years-eve-in-richards-bay.html

2018 Colombia, Cartagena for a second time

http://sv-jackster.blogspot.com/2019/01/new-years-eve.html

2019 Cuba, Cayo Levisa resort. The buffet.

http://sv-jackster.blogspot.com/2020/02/31-december-2019-new-years-eve.html

2020 Antigua, English Harbour in Covid 19 times

http://sv-jackster.blogspot.com/2021/01/new-years-eve-2020.html

2021 Grenada, St Georges and Port Louis Marina still with Covid 19 restrictions

http://sv-jackster.blogspot.com/2022/01/31-december-2021-new-years-eve-old.html

2022 Guadeloupe, Marina Bas do Fort French celebrations

http://sv-jackster.blogspot.com/2023/04/new-years-eve-2022.html

2023 Guadeloupe, Marina Bas du Fort

http://sv-jackster.blogspot.com/2024/01/31-december-2023-happy-new-year-2024.html

2024 Guadeloupe, Marina Bas du Fort. Again

http://sv-jackster.blogspot.com/2025/01/new-years-eve-2024.html

It's been a memorable journey.  Happy New Year to you all and thank you for following our blog.