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Day 10-11: Leaving for Nassau, Take 2
... conch fritters with their happy hour that night. Delicious. After happy hour, it was time to check out Atlantis, an oasis in the Bahamas we'd heard so much about. It was everything people with lots of money could hope for, but us, we are just poor ...
The Bahamas Baby - YEAH!
... known as Atlantic Resort, an American outpost dominating Paradise Island, Rose Island was how I'd pictured The Bahamas. A rustic island with one small bar and hammocks set overlooking the brilliant turquoise sea. Rose Island was ...
Days 16-21: Waiting on the winds in George Town
When we arrived in George Town, we took advantage of the fact it'd be the last town of any size we'd see until the Dominican Republic. This meant getting more rations of food, a new fishing rod, spare belts for the diesel engine; which for some ...
WEATHER TO GO OR WEATHER TO NOT!
... ourselves out of here as it is still about 100 miles across the bank before we can begin to cross the Gulf Stream. So, this may be our last input in the Bahamas Bound log until we reach stateside. Life ...... is all about the ...
French Kissing the Wind - Cruising Styles
Observation: Cruising Styles I notice we've had about 1100 hits on this blog - far more than the 20 or so people we've set it up for. So if any of you are considering doing this but not sure if you've got it all together - here is a small ...
Black Point Settlement
The Shitzu Yesterday Carolyn and I walked up to the fruit stand to get another load of bread! Di - guess what came out to greet me - a two month old Shitzu! Be still my heart!!!! I picked up that little 1 lb wonder and she just ...
N26 32.795 W77 03.186 - Marsh Harbor, Abacos
A Night's Sail - May 4, 2009 - Spanish Wells to North Man Of War Channel, Abacos There are two routes from Spanish Wells to the Abacos. One is the Egg Island Cut about ten miles down the bank and the other route that could be ...
SHTY DEAL
... late and nothing is open in SW on Sundays. We hauled out our bucket! OBTW - there are no pump outs in the Bahamas!!! We could wait until Monday and see if we could get a maserator in Spanish Wells or take the Fast Ferry back to Nassau ...
N26 32.65 W76 58.10 - HOPE TOWN
... We will watch the lighthouse light up tonight and toast Tommy - Tim and Dianne's dear friend who loved boating, rum and the Bahamas. We know we would have enjoyed his friendship because of the company he kept. Friends are precious. When ...
Island Hopping in the Bahamas - Grand Cay
Grand Cay is one settlement in the Bahamas about 30 minutes flight from Freeport heading northeast to Walker's Cay and then 30 minutes boat ride east of Walker's Cay. Dr. Burgos is there for a cancer screening program and I decided to join him. We were ...
West End
We spent Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd at Old Bahama Bay Marina and Resort, recently, sadly in the news as the location where John Travolta's son died. It poured with rain early on Tuesday morning and showered for much of the day so we did boat jobs ...
A Welcome Stop after a Rough Passage
We stopped at a marina here in Nassau having heard that the anchorage is full of all kinds of stuff including junked cars. Other sailors told us that you never know what you anchor into and might pull up when weighing anchor. We actually ...
St.Thomas
this island is very nice. the locals are ok they usually try and zip you a bit as per usual however they are mainly warm and freindly. beautiful ...
The Bahamas
The Bahamas was everything you'd expect (and more): Good food, good people, good times! So, without further adew, here are some pics from ...
Norman's Pond .... Still!!!
April 7, 2009 - Norman Pond We are sitting here at anchor in 15' of water and it is blowing like crazy. Winds are picking up 20-25 kts and we are very glad we're in this protected anchorage. Any boats anchored with any western ...
Ahoy mateys!
It took us 24 hours but we made it to Miami ready for our 4 night cruise on the Norweignen Sky around the Bahama-mama's (as the cruise representative would say!) The cool American dad who we met in Peru told us to 'go with the flow' and that ...
Long Island, Bahamas
... able to sit there and eat comfortably, plus the table was cut about 2 feet shorter than where the booth ended. THIS it's the Bahamas. Everything is ass backwards! Plus, the only "Chinese" item on the menu was shrimp fried rice and sweet and sour chicken. ...
HAPPY HOUR & EASTER AT WARDERICK CAY
April 11 - Happy Hour! The weekend weather is very mild with light and variable winds. If you're out of the wind, it's warm. Sky is clear blue - no storms in sight. Saturday we hung out talking with cruisers from Serendipity ...
Warderick Cay and Shit Birds
April 11, 2009 - Warderick Wells North Anchorage Whatta beautiful morning. After a hardy breakfast of ham and eggs, biscuits and coffee we lounged in our cockpit waiting for the day to begin. The little Bananaquit came visiting, ...
Come Cruise With Me
... the busy American joint Senor Frog's. Mmmmmmmm, nothing like a Christmas eating Mexican, from an American place, in the Bahamas. 6. Captain Pervert -- This one was more indirect than anything, but I saw our fine ship's captain hustling two teenage ...
Harbor Island
... the cafe I ate at 3 years ago with my brother Grant, Layne and mother. It was the best meal we had had in the Bahamas. Can't remember the name of it off the top of my head. Then we circumnavigated the island passing by the very old loyalist cottages and ...
BLOWIN' IN THE WIND AT WARDERICK
... stole!) Walking through the brush they waddle but on the sand they hop like a bunny. Once they were widespread thru the Bahamas but due to hunting and predation of dogs and cats they are only found in the Exuma Land and Sea Park. In ...
First Day
The ship is definitely "tossing and pitching" as they say and I can definitely feel it. The captain says that we have hit some rough water. Hmm... I really hope so because if this is what it is always like I don't think I'll ever get my sea legs. I, ...
Another Day in Paradise - Alice Town, Bimini
April Fools Day or what! Woke up to winds rippin' out of the south 15-20 kts and we can hear it whistling through all the rigging in the harbor. Dick and Pat on an Islander Freedom 40 is next to us. They have lived the ...
Green Turtle Cay to Great Guana Cay via "The Whale
We were away from the dock at Bluff House Resort and Marina at 0700. Sea Mist was close behind us out of the buoyed channel. We set off for the "Whale Channel," it was quite windy and rolly so we put up the main sail to steady the ...
N 24 18.210 W76 32.444 Cambridge Cay
April 13, 2009 - Warderick to Little Bell (Cambridge) N 24 18.210 W76 32.444 We left Warderick Wells Cay at 10:15 heading out to Exuma Sound and down to Little Bell Island almost the southern most point of Exuma Land ...
Birthday in the Bahamas!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOM TOM! today was tom's birthday, hes old now. but what a way to spend it in the Bahamas!! We slept in abit and then went for breakfast in the hotel restaurant. It was buffet style and was almost $20 a person, but it was Tom's birthday so ...
NASSAU.......again!
... dock waiting for the propane guy to come and fill it. Walking through Winn Dixie I had to remind myself that I'm in the Bahamas and by Bahamian standards these prices are the norm. I needed to get my head and pocketbook out of the US! ...
En Route
Hey again, This internet is sketchy, so this post and the last are going to be posted at the same time. I'm on the ship!!!! *insert loud whoo hoo* I can't believe it. It's so surreal still. I mean, I'm eating outside on deck, in the sun, all I can see ...