A blog about exploring North America in a Camper Van and a Sailboat.
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Rock Sound
Our first full day in Eleuthera we explored Rock Sound. Landing at the dinghy dock by Dingle Motors, we introduced ourselves to Chris Dingle who briefed us on the area. He’s a friendly chap that runs a hardware/convenience store/gas station and takes delivery of DHL packages for cruisers. The town is famous for a Blue…
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Crossing the Sound
Cambridge Cay was a wonderful place to spend time. Now that we have been there, we would go back for a frontal passage instead of going between Little Major and Big Major. There is less current and mooring balls along with good holding if the balls are all taken. We didn’t need protection from a…
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Compass to Cambridge Cay
Greetings from Cambridge Cay, Exumas Yesterday we arose to wave good bye to friends on Mustang Sally. It was interesting to watch the large yacht maneuver out of the small basin. They did so in a very professional manner staying as far as possible from other boats while managing to turn 180 degrees. We shared…
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Compass Cay
After enjoying our time at Exuma Land & Sea Park we headed out on Thursday to get fresh water and find some new scenery. Only 13.8 nm south lay the small marina at Compass Cay on a beautiful private island. Several folks had recommended it, so that became our destination. They have good wi-fi here,…
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Land & Sea Park
The wind continues to blow around 25 knots and we continue to stay on “our” mooring at Exuma Land and Sea Park. We were going a little stir crazy on Sunday, so went snorkeling around Emerald Rock. Only had a few waves surprise me by flooding the snorkel. Got a couple of good pictures of…
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Solar Powered Sun21
The wind is still blowing in the mid-twenties out of the NE so we remain at a mooring in Warderick Wells. If we hadn’t been “stuck” here, we might not have met the interesting crew of Sun 21. From Basel, Switzerland this boat has crossed the Atlantic using nothing but solar power and electric engines.…