Grotto Bay Bahamas
Travel Blogs from Long Island
A little slice of paradise!
... and ate conch salad and drank Kalik beer. Also fed goats and sheep (we didn't eat any) watched the judging of the young girls cooking skills, listened to a shell artist discuss his inspiration and grooved to D.J. Kermit D. Frog.
The island is a magical place, quiet, laid back and friendly. Len's ready to sell the farm and build a place there. Don't think that will happen but we'll certainly return when we want to get away from it all again.
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Passage Through the Jumentos and Hog Cay Cut
... known fishing ground a third of the way to Water Cay and our dawn arrival would enable us to troll in early daylight. This timing worked out perfectly and Dave had baits in the water at first light at 6:00 AM right before getting to the Bank. We had a strike just minutes later. But it was another 'cuda and by the time it was released and that bait back in the water we had already crossed the Bank. Dave's consolation arrived soon afterwards - seeing his ...
Fresh Fish x 2
... delicious! And a good lesson in being friendly to strangers. :)
Caleb and I loaded the dinghy and got everything stowed while Pete cooked up the wahoo, and with our bellies stuffed, we called it an early night so today we could be up with the sun. We had no trouble getting out of George Town, and it was a beautiful day. We had over 40 miles to go, rounding the northern end of Long Island before heading over to Rum Cay. We had the wind ...
Days 22-24: Fresh Fish!
... passages with all four of us sound asleep down below.
The first night we anchored at the north tip of Long Island. The plan was to get up early and try to sail east to Rum Cay (for obvious reasons), then due south to Clarence Town. Unfortunately the winds were straight out of the east and it'd be a long rough day of motoring to Rum Cay. The plans changed and we turned south for Clarence Town. All of ...
R & R
Oct 23 - At sea!
Oct 24 - Princess Cays - A tender day, a laundry day, a reading day, a relaxing day - until my shift started. Nothing worse than technology not working and expectant eyes thinking you can somehow make it work. Then the progression from expectant, to angry, to demanding. Who taught these people how to be human?
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