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Jamaica to the Bahamas

Captain’s Log May 12 to May 23, 2011
The Great Mango Run –
Jamaica, the run around Cuba, past Haiti, and The Bahamas
May 12: We moved to the dock early Thursday morning.  The Montego Bay Yacht Club has a long “L” shaped wooden dock exten…

Jamaica to the Bahamas

Captain’s Log May 12 to May 23, 2011
The Great Mango Run –
Jamaica, the run around Cuba, past Haiti, and The Bahamas
May 12: We moved to the dock early Thursday morning.  The Montego Bay Yacht Club has a long “L” shaped wooden dock exten…

Jamaica to the Bahamas

Captain’s Log May 12 to May 23, 2011
The Great Mango Run –
Jamaica, the run around Cuba, past Haiti, and The Bahamas
May 12: We moved to the dock early Thursday morning.  The Montego Bay Yacht Club has a long “L” shaped wooden dock exten…

Monday, May 23, 2011 – Costa Baja, La Paz

We headed south from Bonanza, down through the Cerralvo Channel to the Bahia de los Muertos (aka by developers Bahia de los Suenos). It was a lovely day, and, finally after months of no luck, Earl caught a Dorado, saving me from having to figure out …

The Exumas once again

Highborne last night. Compass today.Before we took off from Highborne we ran out in the Albury and caught our nights dinner.Fresh Mahi Mah!Will and I can both lay claim to this fish as the damn thing hit both our baits. We weren’t losing this one. &nbs…

Fort Whitman, Skagit Bay

At the turn of the 19th century, the US government built six
forts to protect the Puget Sound and the naval shipyard at Bremerton from water-based
attack. All have since been decommissioned…

Shopping day in Nassau

Look closely… A very diverse shopping list.I think we are well supplied.Adios,istaboaNordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs

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Back in Nassau again

It’s been a couple of years and the place hasn’t changed a bit. As we pull into Nassau Harbor Club, there’s Peter the Greek standing on the dock. With his long bushy hair flying in the breeze, he starts barking his usual orders, telling us how we are suppose to dock, even though we have docked here many times before. He is a bit of a wildman. The Crazy Greek. Behind his back is Frenchy the boatwasher who is laughing at Peter’s rants and offering to help us tie up before he washes our boat. Some things never change.

Envoy In The Med 2011-05-21 03:38:00

Relaxing ashore at Turk BukuChecking our navigation on the MaxSea system. Envoy’s position is the red blip on-screenDiane doing her lifejacket drillEnvoy anchored in a quiet bay at Pirensun Koyu – note resorts in backgroundCamels coralled in a disused …

Life at 8.5 knots in the Philippine Islands…

Cruising the Philippine islands has been easy weatherwise…we hit the weather perfectly as it is the lull period between the seasonal monsoons. The weather is transitioning from winter NE winds to summer SW winds and during this time there is very li…