Category: Sailing

Greetings from Shroud Cay The wind is still blowing 20 with gusts to 30, but it is mostly sunny and the water is clear. After school we headed to the Cay to try and find Camp Driftwood, a hill where a hermit once lived and, in more recent times, where drug enforcement agents observed the…

Tried a new twist on baked beans we found in a sailing cookbook. Add 3/4 cup raisins, a sauteed onion and a couple of tablespoons of sugar to a can of baked beans. Bring to a boil and cook for five minutes. Then let sit for 2 hours to let the raisins plump. It was…

We’re still in Normans Cay while the wind blows from the North. Yesterday started with a Lobster hunt at 0645 with Jesse from Contented Turtle and Jerry from Ministry. It was my first time trying the spear. We snorkeled for 2 hours and I never found a lobster in a hole, but the other two…

Good evening from Normans Cay. After a night with not much sleep, we decided to head for Normans Cay. This is the nearest Island with good protection from the North and, according to the weather report, we will need that as a cold front is going to come through Tuesday night.  Noah did most of…

Hi from Allens Cay 06 January After a few days in the big city of Nassau, it was time to leave the marina and head for the Exumas. We filled up with biodeisel at the Texaco pier taking on 28.7 gallons so we burned a little less than a gallon an hour on the 30…

We are here in Nassau getting a feel for life on the island where more than half of the population of the Bahamas lives. We had been warned about crime, but people seem friendly and even in the city, people greet you as they pass on the sidewalk with a good afternoon or happy new…