January 26-29 Waiting in Nassau

Yes, that’s right; waiting in Nassau because we arrived on the 25th and Scot, Jody and Margie arrive on the 30th . We had planned on leaving the anchorage outside the marina and heading over to Rose Island for a few days but on the 26th it poured rain most of the day and the […]

January 25 Royal Island to Nassau

We had the anchor up at 06:50. Cardea did too and we left Royal Island behind. The sunrise was beautiful out on the Northeast Providence channel. 🙂 It was a very warm morning. The temperature was 28C (82F) and very humid. The winds were SSW and blowing up to 22 kn. It was a bit […]

January 17-24 Still anchored in Royal Island

Well, we certainly were in Royal Island longer than we had hoped but thankful for the good, safe anchorage for all the storm fronts. First I need to mention that on Thursday, January 17th our grandson Tayton celebrated his 9th birthday. Where has the time gone? Next year he will be into the double digits! […]

January 15-16 Royal Island and Spanish Wells

January 15 – Royal Island Our sunrise on Royal Island this morning. We were up early so we could be ready to continue on to Nassau which is about 38 nm from here. While we were eating breakfast, we listened to Chris Parker. He is a weather router for cruisers. He said that the most […]

Janurary 14th Lynyard Cay to Royal Island

We were up early and ready for our crossing at first light. This was our sunrise as we pulled up the anchor at 06:45 and headed out. This motor yacht came in to anchor late yesterday afternoon and was lit up like a Christmas tree last night. Beautiful yacht! The sun was rising higher as […]

January 9 – 13

Marsh Harbour We had a nice sunrise this morning. First things first…..take down the Q Flag and raise the Bahamian Courtesy Flag. (In our haste to leave GTC and get across the whale to Marsh Harbour before dark, we forgot to change out the flag after we cleared customs). We dingied over to the dinghy […]

January 8 Checking In To The Bahamas

Ahh, one could get used to waking up to this! After breakfast we lowered the dinghy and the motor so we could dinghy in to the customs office. (When we arrived last time, we got in earlier in the day and took a dock at the Bluff House Resort here in White Sound and a […]