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Man-O-War Cay

Since returning to the islands the weather has been fair winds and pleasant temperatures. Quite delightful.As a result we have been able to be out and about either on Seabright or our dinghy which we named “One Winghy Dinghy”We decided to make the trek…

Anchoring in Bakers Bay, Abacos

We returned to Marsh Harbor after a wonderful Christmas and New Year with family and friends. Certainly fun to be back and see everyone and get some chores done too boot.We flew to Marsh Harbor on Thursday after an uneventful series of connecting fligh…

Happy hoildays from Marsh Harbor

This past weekend was the Marsh Harbor Christmas Festival. This was a locally big event that many families and folks on the Cay came out in force to help kick off the holiday season in true Bahamian style. Tasty food with lots of conch and local favori…

Hopetown, Elbow Cay

The other day we had a let up in the winds and dropped our dinghy ( which is named One Winghy Dinghy) and ran across the Sea of Abaco to Hopetown on Elbow Cay;  trip of just under 7nm one way. A good day with a light chop on 1-2 rollers at the cen…

Cleaning conch and making a horn

Conch is a staple in the Bahamas, much like blue crabs are in the Chesapeake Bay, our home waters. Served fried, as in cracked conch ala Didgie, wow! or Susan Cope’s yummy ceviche…We can clean a mean crab in short order but cleaning conch is a first,…

Snokeling for conch in Green Turtle Cay

Jeannie and our good friend Didgie “snorkeler extraordinaire”, she found 6 conch  hmm chowder or fritters …heck bothFind us here

West End

We arrived at the West End of the Bahamas the other day and cleared customs. Fairly easy and straightforward. We have a fishing and cruising permit through early July 2012….We are tied up next to Susan and Ray, beautiful setting.Across from us is NV …

Seabright 2011-11-18 15:00:00

We crossed over to the Bahamas yesterday, a fairly uneventful ocean trip. We are currently at the West End having cleared customs. Had hoped to travel today but high winds kept everyone in port. The plan  is to be off to an anchorage at Great Sale…

Honey Fitz

We have been at the Rybovich North marina and yard which is located in Riviera Beach just north of Palm Beach. There is a larger marina just down the waterway in Palm Beach but that is fancy, for the mega yacht crowd. We came here because a friend had …

Horses you say

We had really really very nice weather in Charleston SC for the time we spent, temps in the upper 70’s to low 80’s with little humidity. Great sleeping weather with lows in the 60’s, very near perfect in our opinion. I tried to take advantage of it and…