December 2016
On to Marsh Harbor where we will be in a marina for the holidays. We’re actually at the Abaco Beach Resort and Boat Harbor Marina, highly recommended by many. We met Glen, the dock master, at the Ft Lauderdale boat show, so we had a little preview. It’s a pretty big marina with a really […]
Hope Town is a small little harbor on Elbow Cay, with a couple of marinas, lots of mooring balls, and a light house. I’m anxious to do a little Christmas shopping, so we head in to check it out. I find some new treasures in a couple of the boutiques and we learn that there […]
The winds have settled a bit and we need to continue on our journey to Marsh Harbor where we will leave the boat for Christmas. There are still a couple places we’d like to stop on our way. One of those is Great Guana Cay, where we want to check out Nippers, a bar and […]
We chose to head on today because we have one more small outside passage to do around Whale Cay and the winds are shifting around to the north for some of the classic Northers the Bahamas gets in the winter. It’s nice to find a well protected marina or anchorage during those windy, blustery days. […]
Left Mangrove Cay after a lovely sunrise, and had a very calm day motoring to Spanish Cay and the Spanish Cay Marina. Here we checked in to the Bahamas so now we’re official. It’s very quiet here at the moment with only one other sailboat in the marina and a couple of power boats just […]
It’s a beautiful Tuesday morning, and we have perfect conditions for our departure. We leave at dawn on an incoming tide with dozens of small fishing boats. The water is so calm and beautiful. The run across to the Bahamas is like motoring in a bathtub. I’ve never seen an ocean so calm and glassy. […]
We’ve spent so much money our visa has cut us off!! Let’s see: 4 days in the marina, 350 gallons of fuel, one stand-up paddleboard, one kayak, all the toys to go with those, fishing equipment, rental car to schlep all that, plus the requisite trip to Walmart for more food and supplies. It’s all stowed, […]
Early departure with the goal of getting to Stuart, FL where we’ll wait for our weather window. John’s birthday today. Pretty uneventful trip with the exception of all the dolphins and manatee we’ve been seeing. The dolphins love to play with our wake and swim and jump along side. They jump so much they soaked […]
Yesterday we drove back to Orlando for doctors appointments and a full day of shopping and parts pick up. Today we’re continuing our journey south on another cold, rainy, blustery day. I have a cold, so just yuck. Anchored out south of Coco Beach.
Quite a different day! The promised storms have arrived and we leave at 7 am in the pouring rain. Thank God for our pilothouse! What a day… John lost his hat in the channel so we turned around to rescue it. Successful rescue, but the we ran aground. Called Boat US for tow and got […]
Documenting our adventures aboard Elizabeth Anne, our Fleming 55. Currently cruising in the Bahamas.