We were seriously beginning to think this day may never come. Well…at least for this season. We’d even started toying around with the idea of heading down to the Florida Keys instead if there wasn’t a decent weather window for crossing to the Bahamas soon. Of course the Keys...
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Black Point – Part 2
As promised, here’s the second part in my two part series about our stay in Black Point, where we happened to be anchored over the Easter holiday this year. We watched this sleepy little town double in population as relatives headed back home to celebrate with their families. On...
Black Point
Well….just went through my diary log book and it looks like Black Point was another of our favorite places, evidenced by the fact that we spent 13 nights there this past spring. I mean really, what’s not to love? There’s a huge anchorage with good protection from the trade...
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...
Don’t Feed the Dinosaurs!
We’d finally arrived in the Exumas and had declared a play day, so after a leisurely morning on the boat, we dinghied over to Southwest Allans Cay to check out the Allans Cay Rock Iguanas, which, if you ask me, look pretty much like tiny little dinosaurs. Actually, some...
Abacos Beach Bar Crawl
After spending our first three weeks in the Bahamas at Green Turtle Cay and Manjack Cay, we were eager to head further south towards the Exumas and see more of this beautiful country. What we discovered is that the road to the Exumas, via the Abacos (figuratively speaking of...
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...
Waiting on a Weather Window in Some CRAZY Weather!
We spent two and a half weeks in the north end of Lake Worth, which is in the North Palm Beach area, waiting on weather which would be safe and hopefully not too uncomfortable for crossing the Gulf Stream and finally heading to the Bahamas, and wow…what a weather...
Oh Golly, Eau Gallie!
Eau Gallie is where we headed once we finally left Titusville. I’m pretty sure the name of this Florida city must be pronounced something like “oh golly”, right? I mean I did take a couple of years of French in high school (from a teacher who spoke only French...
Dismal? I Don’t Think So!
At the beginning of the ICW we had to make a choice. We could have either taken the Albemarle & Chesapeake Canal (also known as the Virginia Cut) or followed the Dismal Swamp Canal. With a name like Dismal Swamp, it was an easy choice for us! 😉 At...