The COVID-19 virus made it to Paradise. The Bahamas have taken bold steps to try to contain the virus, and it has reached Nassau, Freeport, and a small cay in Bimini chain, Cat Cay. https://photos.app.goo.gl/LgCkFxhYo1j6oj2K7 Since mid March all of the Bahamas have undergone an increase in curfew procedures. We boaters are very much isolated …
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Stabilizer trouble shooting in Exotic Places https://photos.app.goo.gl/Rirhc9xfMiHH2Fdv9 We trekked back to Georgetown from Thompson Bay, Long Island on one stabilizer; which actually delivered a pretty good ride. I’d heard that one would give you about 60% of what both stabilizers do to calm the roll of the boat. And now, I agree. We had 4-6 …
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We’re on the Banks, heading north toward Thompson Bay, Long Island. We have 70 more miles to go today, making it a total of 90 miles. https://photos.app.goo.gl/LsEa7XXF759ZAuEU8 We’ve been gunkholing it in the Ragged Islands, between Hog Cay, South side (for winds out of the north) and Racoon Cay. The winds have been pretty much …
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We stayed at Great Harbour Cay for almost a month. The weather was just too unpredictable to get away and head to the Exumas. So we decided to enjoy GHC, as we could take walks, provision, and the marina was friendly and social. https://photos.app.goo.gl/uB5mQbmZtEjKyJ326 We finally got a three day weather window, and departed for …
Back to Great Harbour Cay photos Return to Great Harbour Cay As that great philosopher, Jimmy Buffet crons, "The customs man says she has to leave, But she's got a plan hidden up her shrewd sleave" (Manana, Son of a Son of a Sailor) We had a good weather window to depart from …
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Last time through the ICW Last trip on the ICW photos We left York River Yacht Haven on Saturday 9th November, which turned out to be a good day to transit through the busy Norfolk shipyards. There were the usual freighters and Coast Guard boats, but no naval ships moving around, and …
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York River and FLIBS photos By Jenny We finally left Washburns and had a lovely run down past the Potomac, and into a lovely anchorage at Fishing Bay on the Piankatank River, just north of Mobjack Bay. As we had our sundowners, we saw N55 April K on AIS, and watched as they anchored a …
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The summer of upgrades Summer of upgrades photos As usual, we planned to spend the summer north of North Carolina for hurricane season. We decided that going all the way to Nova Scotia was simply too far a trek for us after doing so last year. We are proud of our 10,000 …
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York River to Herrington Harbour -Jenny Herrington Harbour photos Ted had scheduled a trip in July to see his family in Oklahoma while we were at York River, and he left from Richmond Airport a few days after we arrived. I was still down with pneumonia, but had visited a clinic and …
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Back to York River Photos We were anchored in behind Cape Lookout, NC after arriving, early in the morning after a pleasant overnight passage from Bald Head Island, NC. The anchorage was calm and scenic. There were a fair number of boats anchored, but not too crowded considering it was 4th of …
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