When we purchased Southern Star from Robbie and Jo in 2017, she was based in the East Coast US. We had a lot to learn about the boat, full time cruising, navigation. And we also inherited their blog website, which we enjoyed continuing to write and share our experiences as we cruised the US East Coast, up to Canada, and wintered in the Bahamas. This page is the archived copies of the original posts in PDF format.
Conception to Cat Island-2017 Apr 15
With the weather projected to change, and the winds to increase, we decided to leave Conception and head toward Cat Island. This is a fairly long trip, about 40 miles of open ocean. The winds were calm but built as we progressed, finally blowing 10-15 knots behind us. The ride was nice with the following seas, the…
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Conception Island-2017 Apr 11
We checked the weather report again while sitting at Calabash Bay, Long Island. The forecast still held and was predicting 5 knot winds for the next couple of days, making the trip to Conception pretty attractive. We left Long Island in the morning for the trip around Cape Santa Maria, and over to Conception Island, total of…
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Back to George Town- VISAS & Long Island- 2017 Ap 08
GEORGE TOWN, VISAS, AND LONG ISLAND words by Jenny Our 3 month visa for the Bahamas was close to expiring, and we returned to George Town to visit Immigration to get these extended, which we had been assured when arriving at West End would be straightforward at any port of entry. We had a good tip from…
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Cave Cay and Rudder Cut Cay- 2017 Apr 08
Cave Cay and Rudder Cut Cay We next decided to head over to Cave Cay, to explore the area a bit more thoroughly. It was a nice 13 mile run from Lee Stocking to Musha Cay for our overnight anchorage. The winds were predicted to be southerly, and our anchorage last time off Cave would have left…
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Exploring more of the Exumas- 2017 Mar 23
Moving on from George Town George Town is emptying out. They had a rally to Long Island, and about 50 boats from George Town left on Thursday, the first weather window available after being hunkered down for 6 days. We made one last trip into the village – picked up some fresh produce, some beer, and enjoyed…
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Island Time -2017 Mar
Island Time I think that I had forgotten about island time. I used to live in the Caribbean. Nearly twenty years actually, and I was managing businesses during that time. Getting things done in the islands, demands patience, and tenacity and you have to keep on trying, but never, never can you lose your temper or show…
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George Town- 2017 Mar
George Town- Cruisers Mecca Words by JennyAll along our journey through the Bahamas we have met people who say they just want to get to George Town. It seems this is the Mecca for cruisers and in reading the guide books, the harbor sounded like it was difficult to navigate, busy with traffic day and night, and…
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Riding out, yet another STORM- 2017 Mar
Riding out, yet another, storm George Town. Chris Parker, the weather guru, has forecasted another cold front passing through the Bahamas. This one is forecast to blow from the East- veering NE, and winds increasing to 40 knots by tonight. There is a tension in the harbour. We are monitoring the local calling channel 68, and the…
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Black Point to Cave Cay- And a Nordfest -2017 Feb
Black Point to Cave Cay- Feb 6 The Nordhavn group was planning to head to Cave Cay, about 13 miles from Black Point for some snorkeling, before moving on toward George Town, to hunker down for the next cold front, and strong winds. This move from Black Point was across the banks side of the Exuma Islands.…
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Cambridge Cay to Black Point- 2017 Feb
Cambridge to Black Point via Staniel (and Super Bowl) words by Jenny. We left Cambridge Cay heading for Staniel Cay, which was a relatively easy run. We had nice conditions, with winds from the south at less than 10 knots, and 1-2 foot seas. Ted was keen to get out of the Park so he could fish,…
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