We were in George Town again for a couple of days to stock up and get a visa extension, then we were looking forward to some calm weather. This year has seen very few days under ten knots, but it appears they are finally on the way. With a trawler, … Read More
Lee Stocking Island Life
Our kids are the king and queen of making fun out of what they have—creating imaginary storylines to pepper their play with, building elaborate homes out of rock on the beach, painting shells with mud, making boats out of toilet paper rolls, kayak anchors out of rocks, and the list … Read More
Twin Engines Again
Transmission is back home where she belongs. Step one was just picking it up and getting it to the boat. Watermakers Air is basically just a plane, a pilot, and a couple of employees who ferry guests in golf carts from the runway to the Yacht Club resort. I felt … Read More
Special Delivery
Around Staniel Cay there are all sorts of different small cays, rocks, and sand bars to explore. It’s hard to believe that tourists pay hundreds of dollars for a tour to Pig Beach. It’s a madhouse during the day, but in the evening when everyone else has left, it is … Read More
Diving and Waiting
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