Category: Sailing

Friday NOAA issued its last statement on Andrea, one of the earliest named storms ever. Let’s hope this early start doesn’t signify an overly active hurricane season. Our Noah waved goodbye to the kids from Iceni as they headed out towards the Northern Abacos to explore some of the more remote cays and stage for…

We’re still at Green Turtle Cay, preparing the boat for crossing back to the United States. Tuesday we washed the boat and changed the fuel filter and cleaned the raw water filter. Tuesday the waves were still rolling in from the Atlantic and we walked over to the beach again to observe. The crews of…

Sunset Over New Plymouth After enjoying the festival here at Green Turtle we switched our attention to the weather. Predictions for strong winds led us to call for a slip at the Green Turtle Club in protected White Sound. The marina filled up shortly after we arrived, but we have great neighbors in Jule an…

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…