Author Archives: Brad
Lee Stocking Island
This is a multipart message in MIME format. ——=_NextPart_000_0001_01CD220C.03452EF0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”us-ascii” Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The “Perry Institute for Marine Science’s Caribbean Marine Research Center” is housed on Lee Stocking Island. They have six moorings available in their harbor for a donation at the center, and there’s also plenty of room to anchor nearby. The mooring … Continue reading
Georgetown and Rat Cay
After our overnight trip to Georgetown, we spent a couple of days anchored off of Sand Dollar Beach in Elizabeth Harbor. The winds were still strong so we worked on some projects on board and accomplished what we termed a “reset.” We reviewed and consolidated our remaining provisions and reorganized things in storage to work … Continue reading
Acklins to Georgetown
[Now that we can post remotely, the flood gates are open, expect up to the minute updates! (No, not really.)] After our fun in the Bight of Acklins (summarized by Sabrina in the previous post below,) we planned to head straight back to Georgetown on an overnight sail. The boat was getting low on fresh … Continue reading
Hopefully this looks right!?
[Yesterday we had some issues with formatting and our remote posts. Sorry if this is formatted poorly, I don’t have a wifi signal to take it down, just bear with it until we get back to civilization and I’ll fix it. Also, it would be great if someone reading this would call us and leave … Continue reading
More from the Bight!
[Cruiser’s note: Throughout the Bight of Acklins from Long Cay to Camel Point the water held 9 to 11 feet. Long Cay has some coral at the south end to avoid, but after that it’s an easy cruising ground. We didn’t go south of Delectable Bay, but the chart says it is possible and we … Continue reading
The Bight of the Batteries
We arrived back in Georgetown on Saturday the 14th for re-provisioning after an exhilarating night sail. Before we get to that story, let’s re-cap how we’ve spent our last couple weeks. When last we posted, the sailing vessel Joint Venture was very excited about going to Conception Island to do some scuba diving. As with … Continue reading
Farewell Georgetown (for now)
Today we’re headed east to either Calabash Bay or Conception Island. We’ve been hanging out waiting for wind when we realized that when there’s no wind, we should be scuba diving! The first place we both thought to go was the wall at Conception, so we’ve abandoned the sails and we’re motoring out in calm seas … Continue reading
Georgetown
I don’t think that we’d ever be the kind of people to drop anchor here in Georgetown for 3 months, but I can understand why people do it. The community is very friendly to boaters, there’s a ton of beaches, beautiful hiking paths, and everything in town is very close to make for easy walking. … Continue reading
Jumentos – Part 2
Mutton Fest (Motto for the festival? Mutton or Nutton….seriously) Back when we were anchored in Thompson Bay, we met up with some other cruisers our age. Maxwell and Jen are from the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia, and Dave and Jess are from New Brunswick, Canada. We had to split up for a few days to … Continue reading
Lobster Season is OPEN
So we’re hanging with some cruisers the other day when someone casually remarks, “It’s almost the end of lobster season….” Sabrina and I shared a look of horror. We’ve only caught one lobster so far in the Bahamas! We can’t return to the States defeated by a crustacean! The upcoming end of lobster season coincides … Continue reading