We made stopovers in Warderick Wells and Norman’s Cay on our way north to New Providence Island, where we’ll stop and spend a night or two in the Nassau Harbor Club marina, a favorite spot frequented by cruisers, reasonably priced, and perfect in t…
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Cambridge Cay
He’s sitting at the cockpit table
Our short cruise from Staniel Cay to Cambridge Cay took just over two hours. Conditions were ideal, light and variable winds, sunny skies. As we left Staniel and turned to head north, …
Staniel Cay
Shadow in 15 ft of water!
We made a short run from Black Point to Staniel Wednesday morning. Calm weather again gave us a smooth cruise. Our normal routine of closing the below decks portlights before we get underway is …
Black Point revisited
We arrived at Black Point just before 1530, our second visit. Our weather continues to hold in a favorable pattern, with light winds, and calm conditions, very warm days in the mid 80s and water temps in the low 80s. We have not experienced a frontal …
Little Farmer’s Cay/Great Guana Cay
Once through the cut at Galliot, we continued west and then north around Little Farmer’s Cay. We arrived near Oven Rock around 1530, in plenty of time to find a good anchor spot. Not as easy as we anticipated, we found the bottom in 3 areas too hard …
Galliot Cut/Great Guana Cay
Musha Cay Resort
We departed Georgetown Saturday morning under clear skies and settled weather, which is predicted to stay settled well into the coming week. Temps in the 80′s and light winds prevailing out of the ENE….
Prop installed, ‘bye Georgetown!
Cruisers’ propane day
Truck almost 2 hrs. late!
The past two days have been busy, the propane truck came Wednesday, so we took the opportunity to have the empty propane tank refilled. Th…
The Tropics!
Just a factoid I discovered more by accident than by design: We have been in the tropics. Woo-hoo!
The tropics is an area defined as between the Tropic of Cancer in the northern latitudes, and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern latitudes; both ima…
Georgetown
(Journaled over a few days at Georgetown)
Georgetown, Exumas
Our cruise from Long Island to Georgetown was smooth, we were running downwind and the temperatures and humidity were high, so it was a hot ride. The warmest w…
Long Island
No, not New York!
Long Island- Salt Pond settlement garage
The 56 nm run from Rum Cay to Thompson Bay on the west side of Long Island was uneventful, and even the fishing was a non-event, except that the lure that seemed…
