We had left Plain Bay about 10 days prior to our return to the bay on the 16th of this month. During those ten days, we anchored over at Black Point Settlement for a few days before heading north to Pipe Creek to do so…
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Trying To Escape
Last night was a typical night. We went over to S/V Eleanor M last night for another social hour(s). What we did not expect was the surprise that was laying in store for us this morning. You have to get up early to …
I Can Handle That!
It has been a little over four weeks since our arrival here in the Bahamas. I would have to admit that the weather has been, let’s just say a little different than previous years. The wind, or the lack thereof, help…
Better Off Left Alone
Update on the photo uploading issue mentioned in my previous blog entry. It appears that deep in the bowels of the Google sacred castle, there is a dungeon filled with computer gurus who have decided to reinvent the wheel…
Plan B
I was in the process of uploading 5 new photos for the “Big Run Blog” when I received this notification:”Whoops! You’re out of space. You are currently using 100% of your 1 GB quota for photos. Photos are stored in your Pica…
M/V Lady Frances
This is M/V Lady Frances, hailing from Nassau, Bahamas. She is the backbone of the out islands and the lifeline to the civilized world. In the Bahamas she is quite often called the mail boat. There are m…
315 Day
The Bahamas Meteorology Department boasts that the Bahamas are bathed in sunshine for 315+ days a year, and today was one of those days. So much so that we have started calling those sun/weather perfect days a 315 day.&nb…
Reason To Celebrate
Early Saturday afternoon we arrived at Black Point Settlement in the Bahamas. We were quite surprised to find an empty harbor. The lack of boats here in the Exumas is probably due to it being early in the season, Hu…
Stay
Our first year in the Bahamas, we were given 30 days on our cruising permit at the Bimini Immigrations Office and spent the last 10 days of that initial permit trying to get an extension, which we did receive while in Georgetown.&nbs…
Diesel Engine
Last Thursday, as Sharon and I studied the latest weather forecast we noticed a weather window of opportunity for Monday and Tuesday to cross over to the Bahamas. All of our sources confirmed the same predicti…
