Today (Tuesday, January 11, 2011) started as normal, when we got an early (for them) shout from Slow Dancin’ to turn on our radio. We learned the their Bahamas weatherman was predicting a strong cold front and northerlies this evening, and they were…
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Normans Cay
Sunday, January 9, 2011, Day 105. Slow Dancin’ and Escapade’s crews decided to go to Normans Cay instead of Highborne Cay. From the descriptions in the cruising guides, we felt that there was more to do (restaurants, groceries) in Normans Cay. I…
Rose Island
All agreed, it was time to leave Frazer’s Hog Cay. We headed out at 8:00 am. We are traveling with Slow Dancin’, Escapade in the lead, Slow Dancin close astern, in 5 to 8 foot seas on our stern. Soon after we left, we got the radio call. Rusty …
Fraser’s Hog Cay, Berry Islands
Wednesday, January 5, 2011, Day 101. The weather predictions for this evening, Thursday, and Friday are for heavy winds and seas, generally from the southwest to northwest becoming south, and we were anxious to get moving. Beth had heard good reports…
Great Bahama Banks
We got up and left at high tide (7:50 am) so that we could get over the shoal area at the entrance to the Bimini Sands Marina. This was a very high tide (+6 ft.) and we had no trouble getting out.Slow Dancin’ and Escapade spent all day crossing the …
Bimini
“The time has come, the walrus said ….” After being at anchor in South Beach for several reasons, one of which was the weather, it is time to leave. The wind and wave forecasts, while not great, are the best for the last week and for the next f…
Return to Miami Beach
Wednesday, December 22, 2010, Day 87. With Kevin and Courtney aboard, we headed south from Pumpkin Key toward the town of Key Largo. The water kept getting shallower and shallower, often showing mere inches under our keel and we were near high tide! …
Pumpkin Key
After provisioning and pumping out in the morning, we set sail around noon for the northern end of Key Largo. On the way, we sailed past Turkey Point, a nuclear power plant that Ken worked on in 1968. We crossed through two channels through shoals–th…
Dinner Key, Coconut Grove, Miami, Fl.
We decided we needed some shore time, so we sailed across Biscayne Bay to Dinner Key Marina in Coconut Grove. Dinner Key was originally an island, but was connected to the mainland in 1914 by filling in the the water in between. Naval Air Station (NAS…
Key Biscayne
After a pleasant morning aboard, we retrieved the dinghy and made a short trip to Key Biscayne. Kevin was at the helm for the entire trip. We are expecting northerlies (a cold front), so we wanted an anchorage protected from the north. There were se…
