February 5 – February 6. ‘I’m not sure how you are going to follow that one’ said my loving wife. Stuart and Steph had just performed Leonard Cohen’s ‘Allelujah’. Stuart played the guitar and sang while Steph accompanied him on the violin. Suddenly it was very quiet in Lorraine’s. Well, he’s a New Zealander and …read more
We heard a story about two Class-A Staniel racing boats from some cruisers who participated in the rescue. On New Year’s Eve in the Staniel Cay Class-A races Lady Muriel sank, allowing Tida Wave to win. The Class-A boats are big enough for the regular crew of three and a dozen guest crew members. Lady …read more
January 31 – February 2. On the last day in January we sailed into the wind down to Little Farmer’s Cay. We wanted to be there for the First Friday in February Farmer’s Festival. The cold front that had brought tornadoes to Georgia was passing through. After we arrived the wind died completely. At night …read more
January 29 – January 31. Black Point has got it figured out. Provide free Internet, cheap drinks, and a Laundromat, throw in roadside attraction and they will come. They, of course, being boaters like us. A traditional Bahamian settlement, Black Point is small community on the island of Great Guana Cay. There are no big …read more
January 22 – January 28. We are at the fuel dock of the Staniel Cay Yacht Club marina. Duwan is putting water into our tanks. It’s a slow process. I’m finished with the diesel, so I have time to gaze around. SCYC is the only option here. The docks at Happy People marina have been …read more
January 24. ‘Should you make fake outboard motor noises so they will know we are here?’ asked Duwan. Not necessary. Don’t know if they heard us talking or heard the oars creaking in the oarlocks, but roused from their slumber and rushed out into the water to greet us. We are at ‘Pig Beach’ on …read more
January 20 – 21. We have spent our last night in the Exuma Land and Sea Park, leaving Bell Island and crossing the invisible boundary to where only the luckiest conchs die of old age and fish may fall prey to the enticement of tasty snacks only to be reeled out into the suffocating air …read more
January 14 – January 19. We left Warderick Wells and sailed to Bell’s Island. The island is private. We didn’t go ashore, but Duwan was able to pirate an internet signal from a construction site there. Arg. I rowed over to take a peek at Cambridge Cay (also known as Little Bells Cay), about a …read more
January 12 – January 13. Here we are at the Warderick Wells Land and Sea Park. This was the southernmost point of our trip last year. We were here at the end of April, so it’s satisfying to be this far south as early as January 12th. We left this morning sailing past the Cistern …read more