Author: Mark Haskell

We’re still hanging on the hook here at Stocking Island. The first part of the week was windy and we even received an inch or so of rain overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning. We did elect to stay on the boat Wednesday as it was a little too breezy to be out and about in…

Good morning from Sand Dollar Beach, Stocking Island, Exumas. Yesterday school was done in under two hours, so we had time to visit Georgetown before lunch. It is about 1.5 nm over across Elizabeth Harbour. There is a huge Batelco tower that makes an easy landmark when looking for the town. The shopping area circles…

It was a good night on the mooring ball at Lee Stocking until about 0500 when the wind and current combined to drag the mooring pendant under the boat and the mooring ball started knocking on the hull. Doug, a relative of Rob on Milano Myst was visiting from Vancouver Island, Canada. His wife sent…

Today looked like a good opportunity to head south and we would have company in the crew of “Milano Myst”. As much as we really liked Black Point, the weather is going to sour later in the week and we want to be someplace more protected.  Pulled the hook at 0712 and headed south on…

Black Point Town Dock Yesterday we worked on the windlass wiring. It had been wired “downstream” of the house battery bank 60 amp fuse, so if any serious load was applied the house bank fuse blew. We’ve blown three fuses in the six months we’ve been cruising, with the most recent being yesterday morning. Rewired…

Surprise, surprise, a log from Beth! It was an almost still night, with very light winds from the East, which barely moved us in our nice protected bay just South of Black Point. After gathering all the dirty clothes I could find, including the sheets off the beds, I left the boat about 7:45 to…