Month: May 2013

From Margaritaville to Magentaville

May 5 – May 11. On a nautical chart or GPS display the most direct route between two points is shown as a magenta colored line. In early May there is a steady stream of cruisers motoring back home, and…

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Festival!

April 4. With the first inch of rainfall the boat doesn’t shrink too much. The rain is usually preceded by some exciting wind and cloud action. And you can always scrub the salt off the deck while getting a cool…

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The Spence Rock Channel Plan

April 26 – May 4. The islands of the Abacos define the borders of three expanses of water, The Sea of Abaco, The Little Bahama Bank, and the Bight of Abaco. Blue Wing has spent quite a bit of time…

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We’re Back!

May 11 – May 12. We arrived back in The States yesterday morning. It was a good trip across the Gulf Stream and we are glad to be back on the dirt for a while. We have both had long…

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Jules, Jeff and Neil

The afternoon of Wednesday 4/24 we are in Baker’s Bay off Great Guana Cay in the Abacos. We are really enjoying getting to know Jeff, Jules, and Neil who arrived in Marsh Harbor yesterday to charter a 36 foot Jeneau…

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Status Update II

April 15 – April 23 We do a lot of waiting. Sometimes it is a relatively short wait, like waiting for the tide to change, or sometimes it is a longer wait, like waiting days (or maybe weeks) for the…

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