South Shore Grand Bahama Island
After we crossed to West End, everybody decided it would be good to sleep in the next morning and leave at 10 am since we only planned to head around … Continue Reading
Category: Cruising
Crossing To The Bahamas
We left from the Lake Worth anchorage just outside of Palm Beach with 2 other Leopard ctamarans. We got up at three in the morning for planned departure and anchor … Continue Reading
Provisioning For The Bahamas
Over the past few days we have literally been up to our knees in provisioning in preparation for spending the next 5 months in The Bahamas. Here we are at the … Continue Reading
Lake Worth
It was definitely time to get away from the noise and grime of the boat yard, and this will be our first night alone at anchor without adult supervision. We traveled … Continue Reading
Key Largo to Dania Beach
The time has finally come to move the boat from my gracious hosts at Calypso Sailing to Just Catamarans in Dania Beach FL. Christa was still in Ottawa, so Lance, one … Continue Reading
Leopard 58 Cruise To Key West
Since I’m renting dock space from the owners of Calypso Sailing, a charter company in Key Largo, FL, a great opportunity presented itself yesterday. Calypso had to relocate a Leopard 58 … Continue Reading
We Bought A Boat!
Our personal inspection, survey and sea trail were successful, so we have ourselves a boat! We close on 19 Oct, which is about 2 weeks sooner than planned so we’re … Continue Reading
Boat Inspection & Survey…what we learned
We just returned from The BVI after completing a boat survey and purchase inspection – a first for us. Although we’ve been to The BVI a couple times, this is … Continue Reading
The Cruising Guide To The Virgin Islands
One of the more useful items that we had for our most recent charter was The Cruising Guide To The Virgin Islands. You can see in the picture all the … Continue Reading
What We Spent During Our Charter
Today I sat down to tally our receipts from our charter, which covered everything from provisioning before we left to buying drinks ashore. When all is said and done, it was a bit surprising … Continue Reading
The Mythical Sunset Green Flash
You can see from my Instagram Profile that we like to try and capture dramatic sunset and sunrise pictures while we’re traveling around. Some of the folks we follow, Mike … Continue Reading
Our last BVI sunrise for a while!
Heading back to the TMM Base at Road Town Harbour, a super yacht was nice enough to manoeuvre just right for this glamour shot of our last sunrise. Our last … Continue Reading
Norman Island to Tortola
Our last morning on the boat! We woke at 6am to ensure Jeff and Peggy would be back in Road Town for their 10am taxi ride to the airport. It … Continue Reading
The Bight at Norman Island
Our last full day on the boat – and a great way to start with a beautiful sunrise followed by a big breakfast of eggs and fried potatoes. Unfortunately, we had … Continue Reading
Jost Van Dyke to Norman Island
We woke to a spectacular sky at our mooring in Grand Harbour, Jost Van Dyke. After a nice breakfast, we headed for Norman Island and had a morning of great sailing. We had debated … Continue Reading
Seasickness – Trampolines and Melons
One of my favourite places to enjoy sailing is from the trampoline – the sound of the waves rushing over the hulls and the feeling of being so close to the … Continue Reading
Leverick Bay to Jost Van Dyke
We got up early to watch the sunrise…that never happened with an overcast sky. The Leverick Bay marina provided us with water, ice and garbage disposal and we headed on our way … Continue Reading
Anegada to Leverick Bay
With strong winds forecast to increase, we had a quick breakfast at our Anegada mooring then set sail for Leverick Bay while the going was still manageable. Jeff & I watched intently … Continue Reading
Saba Rock to Anegada
Finally – we were headed to Anegada! Located about 15 miles from the north end of Virgin Gorda, we didn’t make it to this remote island on our charter last … Continue Reading
Leverick Bay & Saba Rock
Each morning John enjoyed hopping in for a quick swim before contemplating the day over a coffee. Yes, that’s actually coffee in his Pusser’s Rum mug at 8am…OK maybe with some Baileys. … Continue Reading