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We are finally on the move and currently anchored in the harbor in French Wells, Crooked Island, Bahamas. We loved the time we spent in Long Island. The day before we left Thompson Bay we celebrated “TED-LESS TED-FEST”. Ted is a cruiser that was supposed to be in the bay for his birthday and a … Continue reading »

Hello all. We’re still here hanging out in Long Island. The anchorage in Thompson Bay as you can probably tell (because we’re still here) is just wonderful. We’ve been having a great time getting to know the locals and fellow cruisers in the area. Not a whole lot going on ..for some excitement the water … Continue reading »

Long Island is just that…a long island. It’s about 70 to 80 miles long depending on who you ask or what you read about it and about 3 miles wide at it’s widest point. We’ve been here before but last time we sailed and anchored on the east side of the island at Clarence Town. … Continue reading »

Moon reaches the tropic of cancer. We set sail for Georgetown, the southernmost port in the Exumas, and happened to arrive just after the the big cruisers regatta. We couldn’t believe how many boats were anchored in the harbor, at least 300 – 400! But with the belief that there is always room for one … Continue reading »

Staniel has always been one of our favorite stops. We can still remember our first trip here when Rachel was 7 and we first explored the area. When we left Warderick Wells the wind was not cooperating in our favor, it was on our nose in the direction to Staniel. We were bummed but we … Continue reading »

With memories of Shroud Cay still dancing in our heads we headed out for our next adventure to the island of Warderick Wells. Only about a 15 mile journey it was our next stop in the Exuma Land and Sea Park. It also is the site of the park headquarters and visitor’s center. The main … Continue reading »

Shroud Cay is one of the first islands that make up the Exuma Land and Sea Park. The park was set up in 1958 and covers 176 square miles of cays, rocks and reefs. It is of course protected, no fishing, no conching, no shelling or taking of anything here! You can be fined, have … Continue reading »

We had a beautiful sail from Nassau to Normans, a reach the whole way. Perfect winds and a great trip. Finally we are out of the hustle and bustle of city life and moving on island time. Yea!! When we arrived in the harbor there was about five boats and one person was in their … Continue reading »

Hello all, sorry for keeping you in suspense for so long. We’ve been doing lots of exploring and unfortunately or fortunately depending on how you look at it we have not had any internet or phone service where we’ve been. We have lots to share with you though. We’re currently in Staniel Cay. The internet … Continue reading »

We left Chub a couple of days after our last post, next destination….Nassau. Nassau is the land of the BIG city. If you want it, if you need it you can get it here and you better stock up because it’s nothing but mom and pop stores from here on out for us cruisers. Brian … Continue reading »