12th August 2011
Another hour or so steam to L’ile Rousse where we spend a lazy Saturday, swimming from the boat and enjoying a leisurely lunch in a restaurant ashore, with a view straight out into the bay to where Mad Sunday awaits our return. …
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Irene, the aftermath… Exumas, Nassau
Staniel Cay Yacht ClubMore pics of Staniel at Marv Market’s Smugmug page.Nordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs
Size Matters!
There are times at sea when there is no such thing as a big enough boat. However, most of the time, Oso Blanco is the perfect size boat for us and is wonderfully safe and comfortable. In our travels we get to see many different types a…
Update from Compass Cay
Tucker has called the Memphis office and told them that all was good. He said they had 130 MPH winds and that none of the boats, the marina, or the houses were damaged. Then his phone died.Tried to call back, but got a busy signal. Good news, very good…
Staniel Cay’s Watermakers Air office 8:00AM
This video was cut from Marv Market’s weather site Still no active sessions on Compass Cay’s internet monitor nor any word from Tucker. Nordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs
Hurricane Irene
Well, we aren’t sure exactly where this ripper is going to go, but we think it will be close enough to get out of this marina. We just stocked up on food and water and have prepared Jenny to leave tomorrow morning. We plan to go a few miles up th…
Irene news from the Exumas
Heard from a good source that several of the Cays in the Pipe Creek area were okay, but still nothing about Compass Cay as of yet. We monitor the internet at Compass and as of right now it’s still down; we’re hoping because the weather is blocking the …
Luganville, Espirito Santo
From Vao we headed a short hop up to the island of Espirito Santo and the town of Luganville. We powered through the Segond Channel and hit the tides and resultant currents just right. We normally cruise at about 6 knots but we were seeing speeds ove…
Vao Island, Malekula
Because we had extended our 1 month visa on the cruise ship in Wala Island, we did not need to hurry to Luganville to meet the Customs and Immigration folks. We had heard that the small island of Vao off the northeast side of Malekula was home to some…
Good news/Bad news
The good news, for Crew Istaboa anyway, is the storm seems to have turned east and away from Florida.The Exumas look like they will be spared the total force of the storm, though it still is too early to tell.The bad news is for the eastern Bahamas. e….
