Month: June 2012
Deciding to come back to the U.S. took no time at all. Putting together a “loose plan” for our return took a few hours. Actually getting back took many days. First, as you know, we had a period of rest,…
We have been in the Bahamas four months today. Currently we are in White Sound in Green Turtle Cay. When we arrived here on Tuesday it seemed almost deserted with only maybe three or four inhabited boats in the harbor….
Since our guests left our life has slowed back down a little. We have spent a lot of time just lulling around in anchorages writing. The list of things we have to fix right away has grown and subsequently shrunk…
These are a couple of lines from a nice old John Langford song. It’s a fun listen if you haven’t heard it yet. After four months of sailing Duwan and I are doing well, but Blue Wing has a lot…
Friday was Bahamian Labor Day. Debbie and Karen started with breakfast out and then walking and swimming at the beach. Duwan and I caught up with them later. Walking back to the business area we found that just about everything…
Man-O-War Cay has a character all its own. Settled by hard-toiling Methodist loyalists, it is still a working island where boats are built and repaired. MOW is very quiet. You can’t buy alcohol and you won’t get served food on…
When I was thinking about places to visit before Debbie and Karen arrived I thought about Hopetown. Greg and I hadn’t been there yet. The water leading to the harbor is very shallow for a long way out and it…
A very nice reef surrounds the first dot of land sticking up out of the water nearest the blue house with all of the barking dogs off of Tilloo Cay above Tavern Cay. On Tuesday morning I got into the…
On Monday morning we all visited mermaid reef. It was popular place to be. Several large catamarans surrounded the area, a few small crafts were tied up to the moorings, a group arrived on paddle boards, and tour guides pointed…
After little sleep Saturday night we woke up to a rolly marina on Sunday morning. Orchid Bay Marina is open to the sea of Abaco on the south side. A wall of large rocks helps to keep the waves from…
