Did you sell Enjoy and buy a new boat? Well… we had two offers on Enjoy that came in during the 2023 Miami boat show thanks to our wonderful Panama Yacht Broker, Charles Bodian. Concurrently during that time, we had … Continue reading Full Circle Decision Regarding Enjoy
COVID in Panama was the right decision While we did travel throughout 2020 and 2021, we spend the majority of our time in Panama. Staying on our boat in both Bocas del Toro, Kuna Yala (San Blas), Linton Bay, and … Continue reading Goodbye Caribbean; Hello Pacific!!
Don and I have been in Bocas now for 2 months. We realize we like staying in a place long enough to recognize not only folks in the anchorage, but in the town as well. Tali visited us! Bocas isn’t … Continue reading Hello Bocas Del Toro!
JahB Coffee Guest House For my birthday, Don rented a car and we drove up to the Blue Mountains to stay at JahB”s Guest House. We went with two other cruiser couples, Mindy & Ron Bixel (S/V Follow Me), and … Continue reading Rasta Blue Mountains & Errol Flynn’s river diversion
Where did 2 months go? Ft. Launderdale, FL, with a short MA and MD Trip After Ft. Pierce in December, we sailed overnight directly to Ft. Lauderdale. We stayed for 6 weeks on the New River City Docks, what a … Continue reading What have we done for 2 months?
US East Coast cruising July We saw the most fireworks in our lives, after attending spending July 4th in Bristol, MA. Alan and Robin Flynn Barker were kind enough to share their mooring ball on Hog Island with us, and … Continue reading Brr time to head South
Dance, Music, Opera, Blues, History & Architecture It’s not that Charleston doesn’t have it charms on a day to day basis, but combining these charms with the Spoleto USA Festival of dance, drama, opera, and music and we were thrilled. … Continue reading It Twasn’t a Difficult Adjustment from the Bahamas to the US Due to Charleston’s Charms
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
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
