Let’s chat about the island now and what we saw there. During our stay at Ocean Reef we got to see much of Grand Bahama Island both on foot and by car thanks to our wonderful tour guides from Sylver Fox. The day that we rented the car we took full advantage of “having wheels” …
Nov 20 Saying HI To Norman We cleared our exit out of Nassau Harbour with the Harbour Control and we were on our way to the Exumas. First stop – Norman’s Cay. Another beautiful sail today without the motor. When we arrived at Norman’s we decided to try a different anchorage than the one we …
Nov 19/18 A Pirate and His Ale The only reason that we chose to spend two nights in Nassau was so that we could tour the one and only craft beer brewery in the Bahamas (now that is beer dedication), Pirate Republic Brewery. We booked a tour for 2pm and after a morning of doing …
Nov 18/18 Welcome To The Land Of OZ Another early start . So early that it felt as though it was still last night. We wanted to leave the anchorage as early as possible because we knew that picking our way back through the shallow waters would not be easy unless it was high tide …
Nov 17/18 Bonds, Bonds Cay. Something happened last night. At some point in the night something almost miraculous took place – the humidity broke. We awoke to find that the heavy, uncomfortable, oppressive blanket of dense humidity had been lifted and now the air felt clean and fresh. We smiled. Everyone smiled. Breathe deeply, ahhhh …
The plan was to leave today for Chub Cay as soon as the sun came up. “Plan was” … until I woke Tom up a little after 7 to blowing winds and the threat of rain. Maybe we will stay one more day. Went to the Harbor Master office to extend our stay and we …
Woke up on my own to find daylight. Tom never slept. He never really does until the second day. The good news is that the wind picked up but the bad news, it was right on our nose. We were actually being pushed back. We didn’t make it into Great Harbor Cay Marina until after …
We decided to leave West End for the Berries at 5 pm but only after doing one little thing that completely changed our entire thoughts on sailing, our emotional state of being, and our ability to stand the smell of each other and ourselves – we went for a swim. We were on our way …
Stupid rain, stupid noseeums, stupid lack of wind. Welcome to West End on Grand Bahama Island. Seems we both have a serious case of the Season Two Blues. Not sure if that is a real thing or not – if it isn’t then you heard it hear first. What do I mean? Everything we did …
Nov 8th and by 8:30 am we were pulling out of the marina on our way south. Two sailors suffering from exhaustion and one sailboat with a cluttered deck, no sails, and a serious 3 degree list to the port side under the weight of the giant batteries. Ah, situation normal for us, hahahaha. Clearly …