Browsing Archive: March, 2014

Cousins at Great Guana Cay

Posted by Devon on Saturday, March 29, 2014, In : Bahamas

On Wednesday, the 19, mom left to Canada. She left to go see her mom who was having cancer treatment in Peterborough for a week. It was ok though, because we other peoples were going to see our cousins!! Yaaaaa! They were getting to great guana cay later this afternoon so, we were going to prepare the house and stuff. We left as soon as we got to the boat to get to the other island, which was about 1½ hour ride. When we got there we got moored, ate lunch, and rented a golf cart to the house...

Family Gatherings (or why they are necessary)

Posted by Sahara on Thursday, March 27, 2014, In : Abacos

Let’s see… Our last post was the 15. Oh my, I have 10 days to cover. Bear with me if it’s not too detailed (that is honestly one of the weirdest expressions humans have come up with. I really don't want a bear with me). I can’t even remember the days we were there. Actually, I wouldn't even know what today is if it didn't show it on the bottom of the computer screen. And even then it’s complicated, because it doesn't actually say what day of the week it is. It’s a hard life.

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Marsh Harbour

Posted by Bryan on Saturday, March 15, 2014, In : Bahamas

We have spent 2 lazy days in Marsh Harbour at a marina. We have been getting caught up on preventative maitenance, something that never ends on a boat. Better to fix something before there is a problem. The trip across scared us a little and we don't want to have that happen again. So we cleaned all filters, cleaned the bilges, tightened things, filled tanks, etc...

now, for something more exciting from Devon:

National Pi day

Yesterday was national pi day, pi is an endless decimal s...

Abacos Crossing

Posted by Sahara on Thursday, March 13, 2014, In : Abacos

Just a warning that this post might be slightly lacking. For reasons I am about to explain, I am pretty much dead tired at the time of writing this.

So, this story starts at 2:00am. Yes, I said ante meridiem. About 4 hours before planned. And while it was a good choice in the long run, it made the day really suck. Now, you are probably wondering what is important enough to leave that early. The answer is, getting to the Abacos islands. Dad and mom apparently couldn't sleep because they wer...

Lobster Hotel and Ribs ?

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, March 11, 2014, In : Bahamas

We left Nassau this morning bright and early to head up to Spanish Wells. A neat place, but we are only planning on a one night anchor and leaving again early the next day. We are taking advantage of some good weather to get to the Abacoes early for the arrival of Haas clan next week.

We had a very pleasent day sailing in the ocean. 7-12 knot winds...sometimes at least. Sometimes only 4 or 5. We stayed along the drop off. Where the water depth goes from 125 feet to 1,250 feet very fast h...
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The Short Straw

Posted by Bryan on Tuesday, March 11, 2014, In : Bahamas

March 10th

In a two day trip we have gone from Staniel Cay to Wardrick wells, then all the way back up to Nassau. Coolest part, we saw 5 Whitby 42’s in one day!!! A white Brewer, a Blue Brewer (didn’t see names), Duchess, Tribute, and Wind Song. If we had stayed one more day we could have had an impromptu rendezvous.

Last night our arrival into Nassau with a great firework display right in the harbour. Right over our boat!!! It started around 10:30 with a boom that was felt before ...

Stocking Lee Island (and some other places)

Posted by Sahara on Saturday, March 8, 2014, In : Exumas

WARNING: This is one of those blog posts with a lot of pictures...

After leaving Emerald Bay, we headed up to Lee Stocking Island, an uneventful, 3 hour voyage. However we did see a huge turtle, and we did get a bite on one of our fishing lines- which didn't go too well, as we quickly lost whatever it was- so that was exciting.

While there, we met up with the Morrison’s again (because we are heading north, and they are still going south, sadly). The first day we tried to find a suitable ...

Georgetown

Posted by sahara on Saturday, March 8, 2014, In : Exumas

So, apparently it is my duty to tell everyone what we did in Georgetown. Pretty much nothing in the 4 days we were there. WE did chores, such a stocking up a 3 week food supply (we are measuring on the scale of a normal family, and seeing as this scale is totally inadequate, it will probably last 3 weeks, but the last week or so will consist mainly of spaghetti and other boring/disgusting food that we find in the hidden depth of the cabin). We also fixed our dinghy spark plug, which was impe...

George Town

Posted by Bryan on Saturday, March 1, 2014, In : Exumas

February 27th, we made it to George Town.

A 50 knotical mile trip, and used 3 gallons of fuel. A great wind for the day. We woke up in a very rough anchorage, that had no protection from west winds. however, after going through the cut to the other side, we had super calm water with 12-15 knot winds coming from the west. We were sheltered by the island chain and were cruising at 6-7 knots. We did not put up the mizzen sail, as the speed was suppose to be the right speed for trolling for M...
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Black Point

Posted by Sahara on Saturday, March 1, 2014, In : Exumas

February 21-27

After finally leaving Staniel’s 6 days ago, we headed down to Whitepoint, which is a point- obviously- on Great Guana Cay. We stayed there for two nights, swimming and exploring the small beach there- we even found an osprey nest, osprey included. Then we headed down to Blackpoint, which everyone says has great laundry service. Blackpoint community is much larger than Staniel’s, and much livelier as well. It has at least 3 restaurants, a laundry service- which has about 20...