We made stopovers in Warderick Wells and Norman’s Cay on our way north to New Providence Island, where we’ll stop and spend a night or two in the Nassau Harbor Club marina, a favorite spot frequented by cruisers, reasonably priced, and perfect in t…
April 19/11 More on the Weather
Oh Boy! The wind howled and then howled some more. Almost 36 knots in the anchorage and the waves built and broke and the water sprayed. Then… Bang! One of the ropes on the anchor bridle popped a strand and we have to make adjustments to keep the who…
Weather
Well even in Paradise (Oh sorry, we are still in Opito), you have to have a bit of bad weather and even as it is, it isn’t really that bad. Just a day of 35 knot winds and pouring rain. We’ve got a good anchorage and we needed a day to just “bum” aroun…
More Funny Names – Beautiful Places
So we are anchored in Paradise Bay (easy enough name) on Urupukapuka Island – Gottcha! Since it is a work day for Abbie, Glen and I head into shore on our own, there is a supposed to be a beautiful walk on this island. Well our fitness level has now sp…
St Andrew’s Marian to Baytowne Marina Sandestin
We left St Andrews at 8:30 this morning the wind was 5-10 from the South. There were only ripples on the water outside the marina. We contined across West Bay then for a long ride down a dredged cut through pine forests. Next we entered Chocktawha…
The Kauri Museum
We had worked pretty hard on the boat and the entire crew felt like we needed a break and to enjoy some of the local area. We hopped into our trusty rental car and drove an hour or so south to visit a museum all about the massive Kauri trees that…
Pera Palace Hotel and the Galata Tower
This evening Randal and I picniced in our room on dark crusty bread, goat cheese, green and black olives drenched in lemon juice and it was wonderful. Then Randal went out and got us a decadent strawberry cream thing to split but we washed…
Playing in the Florida Cays
We are hanging out with family in the Florida Cays. Lots of photo ops, and photographers to take advantage. To wit, the photo above by Ian Beveridge, age eight.
Wind Horse is anchored off a small island on the west side of Marathon, and prof shooter Todd Beveridge, Ian, and Emma were out early this morning […]
ON THE MOVE
We are currently in a harbor with WIFI. It’s been several days since we’ve been able to post.We left Bimini Friday morning knowing that we would have to anchor out in the Great Bahama Bank. John fished as we cruised along. He caught his first fish righ…
City Marina of Beaufort, Beaufort, SC
Have decided to stay here another day. It is a beautiful town, and we are ready to stop and get caught up with some chores. Jim and Gloria from Crawdad arrived today, we got caught up on what we have been doing since we last saw them in Fernandina Beac…
