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
Tag: Bahamas
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
And so it begins…
We’re Jeff and Adrienne, also known as Captain and Calypso in the biker world. And this is our story. We found each other through an online dating service in February 2007, and finally met after four weeks of emailing, texting and talking on the phone. It truly was love at first sight. One day early Read More