We began the month of July in Shelter Cove Marina, Hilton Head Island, SC, and are loving being here. Never would we have expected to find ourselves in SC in July but after 102 degree days last July in Washington DC, we decided to take our chan…
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#35 June 2011 The Abacos – Treasure Cay – Green Turtle – Crab Cay – Great Sale – West End. Ft. Pierce – Merritt Island – New Smyrna – Palm Coast, Florida. St. Simons Island, GA
The cruising destinations that we’ve chosen over the past couple of months could be called “The Lost Bahamas”. The Bahamians wouldn’t consider them “lost” but for us who live on the other side of the Gulf Stream, the islands we’ve visited seem ‘mispla…
#34 – Part 3 of 3 May 2010 Little Harbor – Hope Town – Man-O-War – Marsh Harbor – Treasure Cay – Guana Cay – Treasure Cay
The Spaniards called it Habacoa and they were quite underwhelmed with the entire island of Abaco, Bahamas. They were the first Europeans to explore the island but they moved farther south to settle. Eventually, the British colonized Eleuthera Island a…
#34 Part 2 May 2011 Other Islands in Exuma Chain– Staniel Cay, Shroud Cay; Eleuthera Spanish Wells, Harbor Island; Little Harbor, Abaco
It’s time to reverse our course and head north where we anchored off Big Majors very near Staniel Cay. We fell in love with that little area and extended our stay even after our buddy boats continued north. The Staniel Cay Yacht Club’s reputation pre…
#34-A May 2011 Warderick Wells – Cambridge – Black Point Settlement
Exuma’s rugged terrain
It’s a hefty hike up a jagged limestone trail to Boo Boo Hill at Warderick Wells. A tradition of cruisers is to take a piece of driftwood with t…
#34-A May 2011 Warderick Wells – Cambridge – Black Point Settlement
IMAGE our little dink and only our footprints
There’s a hefty hike up a jagged limestone trail to Boo Boo Hill.
IMAGE 18–rugged terrain
Image 90004 limestone cave
Visiting cruisers make a sign with their boat name on whatever they can fi…
08#33 C April 2011 Bimini – Berry Islands – Frazers Hog Cay – Nassau, New Providence \ – Highbourne Cay – Hawksbill Cay – Warderick Wells
Departed Bimini the morning of 20 April and anchored NW Shoal Anchorage and the Berry Islands’ Frazers Hog Cay. We were being so badly beat up by the seas that we detoured to New Providence Island and tucked into a marina in Nassau which was a major de…
#33.5 April 2011 Part II Miami – Bimini
Farewell, Miami!
Kindred Spirit and our 2 buddy boats awoke to a beautiful Miami morning. Each of us was bursting with excitement and anticipation of our Atlantic Ocean crossing to the Bahamas. The 6 1/2 hour trip could not have been more …
#33 April 2010 South Beach – Ft. Lauderdale – Palm Beach – Stuart – Palm Beach, Miami
On our journey north we stopped in Miami Beach for the first time and anchored in front of Julio Inglesais home on Star Island.
Just 1 of a parade of cruise ships that passed our anchorage in Miami.
Our friends, Kate and Steve, were alre…
#32 March 2011 Cruising Chronicles The Florida Keys
This year’s lost another page from the calendar and we spent it in the Florida Keys.
Just wondered if blonds have more fun!This is the end of the bright work. Bill’s finishing up our name boards under …
