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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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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Wow. Started this blog almost a month ago, and we are now departing Ft. Pierce Florida. Better get this one out before we move any further. https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZsFbrApA2NntG3iK7 We are sitting at Great Sale Cay, in the northern Abaco Islands, waiting to depart for the last leg of the trip to Ft Pierce, Fl. The trip …
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https://photos.app.goo.gl/gjUEjH9CoLZCw9MEA We stayed on in Georgetown to see the start of the Family Islands Regatta, with our friends, Clark and Michelle on Roam. We were anchored off our favorite place at Sand Dollar Beach. It is much quieter here in Georgetown now that the Cruisers Regatta is over and the majority of the cruisers have …
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Welcoming guests to Georgetown https://photos.app.goo.gl/8cxW2H08KjPgAEs33 After two weeks island hopping in the Raggeds, we started to head north back towards Georgetown. One of my best friends had taken a spur of the moment decision to bring herself and her teenage daughter down to see us, and they were arriving into Georgetown airport on 4th April. …
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Another Cold Fronthttps://photos.app.goo.gl/1h2fiyTzZuzyacap1 We moved over from Southside, Ragged Island to Hog Cay when the winds were predicted to go hard from the North and the North East. We moved over with Roam, and anchored to the north of the popular beach with the Hog Cay Yacht Club tiki hut. We dropped the hook in …
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Out Islands Bahamas https://photos.app.goo.gl/1h2fiyTzZuzyacap1 We are settled in at Ragged Island in the Southern Bahamas. Life is real cruising here, there are fewer boats here than in the Exumas, and the water is amazingly clear and full of life. We left Georgetown 5 days ago, yet it seems we have been away for much longer. …
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Life in the Bahamas We are settling into our boat routine. We are anchored off of Jacks Bay, just south of Black Point Great Inagua. We are happily the only boat in the anchorage. We spent a night at Little Bay three days ago, took a 4 mile walk to Blackpoint Settlement, looked over the …
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Communications is a challenge for cruisers. We have recently added the Garmin in reach satellite tracker. With this device we can share our tracks real time with our friends and family. We can text to our point of contact when we depart and arrive, and we have instant SOS connection anywhere in the world with …
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Conception Island- Underwater Conception link We checked the weather report again while sitting at Calabash Bay, Long Island. The forecast still held and was predicting 5knot 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, …