Author: Mark Haskell

Sunday, 22 April, was a relaxing day on the mooring. The town is pretty much closed down, so we did boat chores and put another coat of cetol on the teak. Noah had a great time at the sleepover on Iceni and didn’t get back aboard Intuition until almost 10 am. The kids were up…

Tuesday was birthday day. It was Steve’s birthday on Sophia and, the main reason for staying here, it was Fraser’s 7th birthday on Icene. Noah made a card and the crew of Calypso gave us a ride over to Icene, who was at the other end of town in the mooring field. The kids had…

We obviously like Spanish Wells, because we are still here. During school on Thursday I sanded and prepped the teak on the stern rail for refinishing. It had been scrapped earlier and is in need of protection, being the only part of the boat that didn’t get refinished prior to leaving NC. After school Noah…

After a calm night on anchor at Meeks Patch we did a little school and then pulled up the hook to head over to Spanish Wells. Calling the fuel dock we were told that another boat was there so we decided to wait outside the harbor entrance where there would be more room. With 18…

Yesterday at 0826 we headed out between the cliffs that guard the entrance to Hatchet Bay. The wind was on the nose, but under 10 knots so no sailing, but it wasn’t uncomfortable. After talking to other cruisers we decided to bypass “The Glass Window” and head over to Royal Island. The Glass Window is…

Sunday dawned with calm winds and we pulled the anchor at 0830 leaving 23 boats behind in the harbor. By 0857 we rounded Sound Point and dodged occasional coral heads for the next hour. At 1055 we had a fish on the handline and slowed to make it easier to bring in. Guess that was…