Monday, May 9, 2011, Day 225. The banner photo is our last Bahamian sunset, for this season, anyway. The predicted weather (light and variable winds with seas less than 2 ft.) was pretty accurate until midnight. Then, the wind began to pick up — ab…
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Green Turtle Cay
Saturday, May 7, 2011, Day 223. We dinghied Laurie and Brandy ashore for their flight to return home to Seattle. It was wonderful to be with them, and we hope Brandy’s cold goes away soon. We returned to Escapade, brought the dinghy on board, did …
Marsh Harbour Again
Thursday, May 5, 2011, Day 221. Moderately high winds are predicted for the next few days, Laurie and Brandy leave on Saturday, we need to pick up our mail, and we need to prepare Escapade for her trip back to Florida. For the above reasons, we decid…
Man-O-War Cay via Fowl Cay
Wednesday, May 4, 2011, Day 220. We woke up to a gorgeous morning in Hope Town and left at high tide en route to Man-O-War Cay via Fowl Cay. Fowl is a protected area where fishing is not allowed. The reef in this area is near the surface and attracts…
Hope Town
Monday, May 2, 2011, Day 218. The wind is predicted to last for the next couple of days. Escapades crew decided that we needed to move. Hope Town harbor seems as though it had nice protection. A call on the VHF radio confirmed that there were moori…
Great Guana Cay
Saturday, April 30, 2011, Day 216. In the morning, we re-provisioned, including a visit to the weekly farmers market, called Da Market, in Marsh Harbour. It’s the last of their weekly market events now that the summer’s coming. We were underway b…
Marsh Harbour Hideout
Friday, April 22, 2011, Day 207 to Tuesday, April 26, 2011, Day 211, Easter Weekend. Due to a strong low pressure area just east of the Abacos, winds are predicted to be 17 to 20 knots from the east to northeast from Friday through Monday. There is a…
Man-O-War Cay
Wednesday, April 20, 2011, Day 206. In the morning, we hung around Fishers Bay at Great Guana Cay and waved our good-byes to Blackthorn, which is headed north and back to the US. After lunch, we headed south to Man-O-War Cay, which is noted for super…
Great Guana Cay
Monday, April 18, 2011, Day 204. The trip from Marsh Harbour to Fishers Bay, Great Guana Cay was short — 9 nm, one and a half hours. We had planned to anchor just outside the harbor entrance for easier dinghy access, but the bottom was very grassy a…
Marsh Harbour
Tuesday, April 12, 2011, Day 198. The weather is beautiful with light winds and temperatures in the mid- (night) to upper- (day) 70s. We left the Lubbers Quarters area and cruised 13 miles to Marsh Harbor, which is the third largest town in the Baham…
