Fresh bait made all the difference What can I say. I was feeling a little competitive. All these folks have been catching fish all season, and we had not. We tried a variety of lures but it turns out, that … Continue reading Our first fish! A black fin tuna
Crossing tonight! It was a great run, these past 6 months in the Bahamas. Wow, does time fly! After being bitten by no-see-em’s all night in Allans-Pencicola, we are staging in Great Sale Cay and depart in the next hour. … Continue reading Rolling home, rolling home, rolling home across the sea
Day Five The wally pocket is handily beating the plain tub. Day One Thanks to Karen Massey on Snowcat II, I finally decided to take the microgreen seeds she generously shared with us and experiment with them. I have put … Continue reading Microgreens Experiment
It’s great having folks come by for a visit…. So there we were, hanging out in the anchorage, and our friends Sally and John Mccartney from S/V Latitude Adjustment came by for a visit. We were showing them around the boat, and … Continue reading We were literally hanging by a thread!
Many ships have run aground here When transiting from Spanish Wells to Harbor Island (Dunmore town), we needed to cross the famous Devils Backbone. .According to a Bahamas Out Islands promo site ” Eleuthera was first settled in the 1600’s by … Continue reading The Devils Backbone…
We flew the genniker! So the difference between a cruiser and a racer, is a cruiser only hoists up an extra sail if we’re on a 4 hour or more course that would benefit from a knot or two faster speed. Leaving Wardrick Wells, our last island in the Exhuma chain, and heading to Eluthera, we had an absolutely lovely day sail. We pulled out the genniker from the locker, set it up, we went from 6.4 to 8 knots. Our new guests: Walter & Gail Lundstrom One of the reasons we high tailed up, was to beat the weather. … Continue reading Flying the genniker to meet friends
Twas Adult Day Care I finally experienced summer camp as truly Georgetown, Great Exhuma upholds that reputation. Don and I played Texas Hold ‘Em led by Nicky and Richard Pendergast at least 2x a week; I went to water aerobics … Continue reading 3 Months in Georgetown Come to an End
In line with our All I wanted for Christmas blog; for Passover I wanted to assemble our utility water pump and place it with our other crossing gear. This would be for any strange water leaks, to have additional ability to pump … Continue reading Utility water pump for Passover
Tonight, out of 40 players (most of whom I’ve been playing against the past 3 months), I won the St. Francis Resort Texas Hold-em poker tournament! The number of weekly tournament attendees ranges from 10 early in the cruising season, to … Continue reading And the poker tournament winner is….
What is hurricane season anyway? For cruisers, each boat insurance policy defines hurricane season differently. Ours starts July 15 through November 1. Currently, S/V Enjoy must be North of the Florida/Georgia line during hurricane season. Yes, we could change that. … Continue reading We’re coming home!
