While we’re waiting on the transmission we have been stranded here off Big Majors just outside Staniel Cay. It’s not a bad place to be, except when the wind clocks around out of the west and leaves us sitting here exposed to rough seas. It moves through quickly, but has … Read More
A Transmission Story
When the transmission failed, we had decided to come down to George Town, figuring we could get all the same services we could in Staniel Cay. After getting the transmission torn apart, and spending a couple hours talking to the old-timer transmission guys (old, because they stopped making this transmission … Read More
Monumental
The Monument Hill explorers went off without me, leaving me greasy and unhappy in the engine compartment. Little did they know how difficult it could be to find a way to the top of a hill without a human GPS. Well, that part seems easy enough. But before they got … Read More
George Town
Somehow the subject of godparents came up the other day. So we asked the kids where they wanted to go if Ali and I died (or left them on the beach and sailed away). Ouest thought about her answer for a while, then made her choice. We asked, “Is that … Read More
Rudder Cut Cay
There is an abundance of sea creatures in the tidal flats at Black Point. As we upped anchor at Black Point and started to head out, our port transmission started to squeal. That’s never good. We shut it down and anchored again. Then I spent some time poking around, checking … Read More
Black Point
The most common scene around Bumfuzzle. High-school sweethearts. Securing food is a constant battle in the Bahamas. Finding out when the supply ship is coming in, and then making sure you are there right when the store opens again is the only way to get some fruits and vegetables. This … Read More
Staniel Cay
We needed a couple things from civilization, so it was off to Staniel Cay to get them. We tried to get south one day, thinking the islands on our left would protect us from the nasty winds blowing in from the south-east, but they hardly helped. We popped back in … Read More
Shroud Cay
It’s fun when the kids get old enough that you can throw a ball as hard as you can at them and they laugh about it. Shroud Cay explorations up the tidal creeks. Seeing if they could sink in the quicksand. This is the winch cable that lifts the dinghy … Read More
Iguanas and Planes
Overheard from the kids’ room this morning: Lowe saying, “Gambling is easy!” Upon closer inspection we discovered Ouest running an illegal gambling hall. She had a dice game, a card game, and three-card-monte going on. She discovered too late that being a three-card-monte hustler takes practice, and lost all of … Read More
So Much Water
Highbourne Cay is a pretty typical Bahamas cay. Incredibly clear water, beautiful beach, and nothing else. There is a fancy marina resort around the corner where the giant yachts tie up, and the rest of us can get fuel and dump garbage for five bucks a bag (pro tip: bring … Read More