Gleneagles Nassau

... of help and advice on the dock of various options to empty the head. We were given a bottle of muriatic acid although no one agreed that this would be beneficial to the new unit we just installed. The obvious and compelling conclusion by all was, No. 1 - we had a clog in the line and No. 2 (pardon the pun) no one really wanted to help on that issue! Altho everyone sympathized with our plight. We sat in the cockpit going over in ...

... with us. Well, it's leaking - don't know if it's the bottom or what but needs to be pumped every day - in with air - out with water! So, we've decided this is a stay-on-the-boat day. I helped Dave hoist Zoom up over the bow and it's now sitting upside down. Dave patched the water leak (hopefully) but couldn't find the air leak! Between the Zoom and the engine - it's always a thrill when we leave Spindrift behind! I ...

... February, cold in Florida. A lot of fronts have come through this year so some were holed up in Bimini for two weeks or Chub or couldn't get out of Staniel or Georgetown. Weather is a major discussion point among cruisers - how it's been, experiences coping and how it's going to be in the next day or two. Other common discussion points are different anchorages and boat repairs along with new technologies in radar ...

... that's where we're spending the first night). However, it goes on to say that the pond is an excellent spot to ride out frontal passages . It's actually one of the three hurricane holes in the Exumas. It also said that hammerhead sharks frequent the pond - so I guess we'll be swimming close to the boat! We arrived around 5:00 with the sun low in the sky - so visibility want squinty. Reading from Pavlidis' guide ...

... new front comes through on Monday. General consensus from anyone who will make eye contact with me is.....anchoring on the bank is OK when the winds are down but tough in higher winds because there is no protection from any direction. Time to rethink and rethink. As if the Bank isn't enough to worry about - now I'm worried about the Northwest Channel at the Tongue of the Ocean. It goes from 20' to 3000' and when the tides change there is ...

... It was about as exciting as it sounds and I'm just proud that I was able to stay awake and keep from doing the head nod like so many of my other classmates. In Islam we learned about the life of Muhammad and in Energy and the Environment we discussed ways to improve our impact on the environment. Like yesterday, I spent the majority of the afternoon reading for Islam. Rolls and cheese cubes were the highlights of my lunch and the rolls and ...

If you remember, we were moored off the coast of Miami for a couple days while we went through a TON of training for faculty members. We started sailing yesterday and it was a wild ride. The seas were pretty bumpy-- Big rolling movements, that made it impossible to walk a straight line. , I spent about an hour chasing barrett around the basketball court - our game was letting the basketball roll where the boat took it, and then we attempted ...

... people. The Bahamas were unbelievable. When we first got there and stepped off the plane they had a three piece local band playing music and a bacardi stand serving free bahama mama's (a local drink since the bacardi plant is located in Nassau). Needless to say I knew this was going to be a great experience. I met a few Semester at Sea students on my flight down and we decided to share a taxi to the Atlantis because it was a good 15 miles away. Our cabby had a ...

We shoved off about an hour ago from George's Wharf in the Bahamas. I'm not really sure that I can explain what I'm feeling. Isa escorted me onto the ship this afternoon and of course we were trying to find places to stow her away. She wasn't actually dragged off the ship but had my roommate not been there, it might have come to that. The process was just ...

... an Italian night and this goes on and on.<br><br>Poor me, I find myself going round and round the ship each morning. I am walking for one hour to keep fit, and be able to enjoy the lovely dishes.<br><br>(Luckily I love vegetables, and fruit. However I taste a little of everything. And as far as sweets and cakes, well I have just a bite of everything and only eat what I really like.<br><br> ********* ************ ************<br><br>