After learning that there was no room for Temptation in Georgia, Earl decided to move to a face dock in Vero and leave the boat here for a while. The mooring field is relatively empty here in June. During the spring and fall migration, boats are rafted three to a mooring. Perching above the Captain’s…

What follows is the log from our crossing the gulf stream from Great Sale Cay on the Little Bahama Banks to Florida. 0630 June 12, Monday Parker Forecast: South Florida has some squalls mostly S of Miami. A little bit of activity on the N route, drifting West. Winds should be mild in Northern Bahamas…

Morning broke with the best skies we’ve seen in a week. Four of the local nurse sharks swam under Temptation as we readied the lines for departure. Earl was happy that he hadn’t met any sharks while cleaning the boat bottom earlier in the week. We left Bluff House Marina astern at 0805. Water temp…

So, Earl and I are waiting for a good weather window here on Green Turtle Cay. If one has to get “stuck” somewhere, Green Turtle in the Bahamas is a great place for it. Earl and Karen left Temptation at the Green Turtle Club in White Sound. This small resort and marina is one of…

At 0500 Earl & Karen pulled into the driveway so we could begin the retrieval of “Temptation.” After spending the winter in the Abacos, they got tired of waiting for a good weather window, flew home a month ago, and left their Endeavor 42 in the Bahamas. I’m privileged to fly over and help Earl…