Every year, during the last full weekend in April, the National Family Island Regatta is held in Elizabeth Harbor in Georgetown, Exuma. This is not to be confused with the annual Cruisers’ Regatta which is held at the end of February/beginning of March each year. The Cruisers’ Regatta is...
Dinghy
Up A Creek….Or Two or Three
After leaving our little iguana friends behind, our next stop was a short motor sail away to Shroud Cay in the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park, a beautiful island with several creeks running from the banks side clear though to the ocean. There were a few mooring balls...
Crossing the Gulf Stream
FINALLY, the day we’d been waiting for had arrived! It was time to leave the U.S., cross the Gulf Stream, and realize our dream of sailing to the Bahamas. We’d headed to bed early the night before, but had a VERY hard time sleeping, and the alarm going off...
Keeping Busy in Lake Worth
And now, in no particular order, a list of the top eight ways we spent our time while waiting for a weather window for crossing to the Bahamas…. 1. Provisioning (aka grocery shopping!) – I’m not sure if we really did or not, but it sure felt like we...
Provisioning in Erie
Our freezer is tiny…which means we can’t keep a lot of meat frozen at once…which means we need to go to a grocery store way more than when we’re at home. Fortunately, we have bikes that we carry with us. Unfortunately, sometimes the grocery stores aren’t very close…and sometimes...
Man Overboard!
Don’t worry Mom, no one really went overboard! We were on our way from Cleveland to Geneva motor sailing in about 15 knots of wind from behind with two to four foot waves left over from strong winds of the previous 24 hours. It was pretty rock and rolly,...