Author: Mark Haskell

We came to Green Turtle Cay for the Island Roots Heritage Festival, a celebration of family roots. It is celebrated here in New Plymouth with their sister city of Key West, FL. The theme this year was pirates and they were everywhere. We went into town shortly after arriving on Friday where we got the…

Beth gives the “OK” sign underwater With light winds and settled weather we decided to move the 4.6 miles to Fowl Cay and anchor just inside the reef. We passed along the shores of Great Guana and Scotland Cays where the vacation homes are very impressive. Iain on Iceni volunteered to help Beth and I…

Tuesday we stayed on anchor in Marsh Harbour to stock up on goods from the Grocery and Soft Drink stores. After lunch we met crews from five other boats to walk over the hill and go snorkeling at Mermaid Reef. Turns out that Mark Hill on an Island Packet 40 named Down Island wrote a…

Sunset from Man-O-War Cay After school on Saturday we moved the 5.5 nm from Hope Town to Man-O-War Cay, anchoring northwest of town. With an air temperature of 87 and calm seas we headed out in the dinghy to snorkel on the reefs outside of Fowl Cay along with the crew from Iceni. The water…

Thursday started out, as usual, with school. Noah was less than excited about doing his schoolwork so his parents were getting testy. He had complained on Wednesday that the inside of the dinghy was dirty so, after school, he was assigned to clean it. Checking on him after about twenty minutes found him sitting in…

Little Harbour was a good place to get rested after the crossing from Spanish Wells. The mooring float made from an old tire was an indication of the unique character of the area. We had read “Artist on His Island” by Randolph Johnston who left Massachusetts with his family in the 1950’s and sailed to…