Category: The Bahamas
November 26 – November 27. The human mind is a curious thing. One day you’re “living the life†on a sailboat in southern Florida. Then you get it in your mind you want to cross the Gulf Stream over to…
November 27 – 28. It is so good to be back! There is lots to tell about the summer’s adventures and our time in Florida getting ready for this season’s journey. We had a successful trip, but, unfortunately not uneventful,…
May 5 – May 11. On a nautical chart or GPS display the most direct route between two points is shown as a magenta colored line. In early May there is a steady stream of cruisers motoring back home, and…
April 4. With the first inch of rainfall the boat doesn’t shrink too much. The rain is usually preceded by some exciting wind and cloud action. And you can always scrub the salt off the deck while getting a cool…
April 26 – May 4. The islands of the Abacos define the borders of three expanses of water, The Sea of Abaco, The Little Bahama Bank, and the Bight of Abaco. Blue Wing has spent quite a bit of time…
The afternoon of Wednesday 4/24 we are in Baker’s Bay off Great Guana Cay in the Abacos. We are really enjoying getting to know Jeff, Jules, and Neil who arrived in Marsh Harbor yesterday to charter a 36 foot Jeneau…
April 15 – April 23 We do a lot of waiting. Sometimes it is a relatively short wait, like waiting for the tide to change, or sometimes it is a longer wait, like waiting days (or maybe weeks) for the…
April 14. We’ve waited two days for the perfect conditions to take us from Current Settlement back to the Abacos. With the promise of 10-15mph of easterly wind we have sails up at 6:00am. There is no moon, no sun…
April 11. Thursday we sailed ten miles up to Spanish Wells to see Jean and Tom in their cottage ‘Done Reach’. We had visited with them last year, and wanted to swap books in their excellent book exchange (Lots of…
April 4 – April 11. You’ll be happy to know that Eleuthera Island is as long, beautiful, and friendly as it was last year. Having been to the Glass Window, Cow and Bull rocks, Queen’s Baths, Gregorytown and Hatchet Bay…
