We woke up this morning to a beautiful day inside the bay. The winds were a bit strong, but the waves were short and slightly choppy. After breakfast, we decided to take the dinghy to the beach and walk the 3.5 miles to Chub Cay for lunch. Well, Google Maps said it was 3.5 miles. Read More
Month: September 2022
Scrub-a-Dub
We woke up to a big rain storm this morning, so I put on my Henry Lloyd rain gear and cleaned the hell out of the boat. By the end, I was soaked. Henry didn’t do such a good job. But I did. The boat looks beautiful. We motored to the fuel dock, filled up, Read More
Happy Chanukah!
Happy Chanukah everybody! The winds have finally settled down to 25 knots. Seas should be 3 – 6’ tomorrow, so we’re finally leaving Highbourne Cay. It’s a nice place, super beautiful, but also crazy expensive and a bit boring. I don’t know how people go to places like this for a week at a time Read More
Highbourn Bicycles
We spent a few days at the Highbourn Cay Marina in the north part of the Exuma Island chain. The winds were fierce, as were the waves. We were warned that the weather in the Bahamas in December sucks. Those warners were right. Highbourne Cay Marina is a beautiful, but very exclusive and expensive island Read More
Paradise Found
Our anchor alarm went off twice last night, but we hadn’t moved. Jeff figured that we must have lost the GPS signal, because our track on the chart plotter showed we were fine all night. It’s amazing how much the boat moves around overnight. One day I’ll get a good night’s sleep while at anchor. Read More
Miss Piggy Lives!
As we made the approach to Big Majors, aka Pig Beach, we noticed on the AIS that Distant Shores was anchored in Staniel Cay, the bay right next to ours. Paul and Sheryl Shard have been circumnavigating the Atlantic Ocean for the last 30 years producing a TV show about their adventures. We began watching Read More
Underwater Concert
Getting out of the marina cut was just as hairy as getting in. I’m not sure I’ll stay there again. Scary entrance, nothing to do there but laundry. Maybe if we want to visit Sandals again. We’re heading up to Rudder Cut Cay. This is the best sailing day we’ve had yet. Low waves, winds Read More
Pamper Me, Baby!
Well, that was exciting. We had a 40-mile sail to Great Exuma Island yesterday. We’re in the Marina at Emerald Bay for two nights. Another day of strong wind and high waves. And once again, we handled it fine. I realize now that I really don’t like sailing in these high waves. The wind I Read More
Conception Island
It was a beautiful day on Conception Island. But it didn’t start out that way for me. Here’s the story. We arrived at Conception Island after a rough overnight from Myaguana. As soon as we dropped the hook, Mike said, “My head won’t flush.” “What do you mean, your head won’t flush?” “Just what I Read More
“I Think You Should Be All Right”
We met some really nice people at the Blue Haven Marina. Yesterday we got fuel and tied up to the island-dock facing the entrance to the harbor. We were looking forward to an easy exit from the marina. Next time, we’ll move the boat to the end of the dock so that 120′ yachts can’t Read More