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…

Sunset from Man-O-War Cay After school on Saturday we moved the 5.5 nm from Hope Town to Man-O-War Cay, anchoring northwest of town. With an air temperature of 87 and calm seas we headed out in the dinghy to snorkel on the reefs outside of Fowl Cay along with the crew from Iceni. The water…

Thursday started out, as usual, with school. Noah was less than excited about doing his schoolwork so his parents were getting testy. He had complained on Wednesday that the inside of the dinghy was dirty so, after school, he was assigned to clean it. Checking on him after about twenty minutes found him sitting in…

Little Harbour was a good place to get rested after the crossing from Spanish Wells. The mooring float made from an old tire was an indication of the unique character of the area. We had read “Artist on His Island” by Randolph Johnston who left Massachusetts with his family in the 1950’s and sailed to…

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…

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…