After a calm day of cruising from Nassau to Chubb Cay and with a continued forecast of calm seas, we decided to continue on to Cat Cay. This would be a 20 hour trip – so, we anchored off Chubb Cay for several hours and fixed hamburgers for dinner…
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Cambridge Cay
He’s sitting at the cockpit table
Our short cruise from Staniel Cay to Cambridge Cay took just over two hours. Conditions were ideal, light and variable winds, sunny skies. As we left Staniel and turned to head north, …
Exploring Nassau
We arrived at New Providence Island after a “trawler” day of travel from Highborne Cay. The seas were almost flat calm, the winds light and the skies clear. Cruising through the Yellow Banks and identifying (avoiding) the coral heads was easy. We a…
Dealing with Westerlies in the Exumas – Hawksbill Cay to Nassau
View from Russell RuinsThe prevailing winter winds in the Bahamas are out of the NE; the prevailing winds in the summer are out of the SE. It is generally not difficult to find an anchorage with easterly protection since the majority of the cays in the…
Staniel Cay
Shadow in 15 ft of water!
We made a short run from Black Point to Staniel Wednesday morning. Calm weather again gave us a smooth cruise. Our normal routine of closing the below decks portlights before we get underway is …
Marsh Harbour
Tuesday, April 12, 2011, Day 198. The weather is beautiful with light winds and temperatures in the mid- (night) to upper- (day) 70s. We left the Lubbers Quarters area and cruised 13 miles to Marsh Harbor, which is the third largest town in the Baham…
Black Point revisited
We arrived at Black Point just before 1530, our second visit. Our weather continues to hold in a favorable pattern, with light winds, and calm conditions, very warm days in the mid 80s and water temps in the low 80s. We have not experienced a frontal …
Osprey Watching
We are in a very pretty, calm little creek, Wilton, off the Piankatank River with two large osprey nests close by. It has been fascinating to watch and read about their parenting. Eggs are not yet hatched. Male does the hunting for fish, bringing ba…
Happy Birthday to Douglas, an Aries Too
Photo: Great Bridge, VA (See Norfolk album for more photos) (Continued…)
Little Farmer’s Cay/Great Guana Cay
Once through the cut at Galliot, we continued west and then north around Little Farmer’s Cay. We arrived near Oven Rock around 1530, in plenty of time to find a good anchor spot. Not as easy as we anticipated, we found the bottom in 3 areas too hard …
