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Provisioning Cost

  • By Christa Greer
  • February 15, 2019
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In our previous post we looked at all those items we purchased beyond the large systems we had installed at the boat yard. In this post we look at how … Continue Reading

Purchases Beyond Boat Yard Work

  • By John Casey
  • February 13, 2019
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In our last post, we covered our plan and budget vs reality for our boat yard work. In this post  we’re looking at the surprising number of items that we ended … Continue Reading

Plan and Budget vs Reality for Boat Yard Work

  • By John Casey
  • February 11, 2019
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In the previous post, we looked at the purchase price and admin costs associated with actually buying the boat. In this post we are covering what our boat yard work … Continue Reading

Lightning Strike Damage

  • By John Casey
  • September 15, 2018
  • 4 Comments

The tally is now in for the lightning damage on our catamaran. This covers what was verified, repaired and/or replaced. I’ll include some prices to give some idea the scale … Continue Reading

“I recognize you from your knot”

  • By John Casey
  • March 16, 2018
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In Rock Sound, we were anchored off a place called Frigate’s Bar & Grill, which is a pretty good resto-bar and has a good sized dinghy dock that they let … Continue Reading

Staniel Cay and Big Majors Spot

  • By John Casey
  • March 6, 2018
  • 1 Comment

The trip from Black Point to the Staniel Cay area was a quick one; just 5 miles around a few shallow areas. The winds were a bit sporty, but we … Continue Reading

Visiting Black Point

  • By John Casey
  • February 24, 2018
  • 6 Comments

We prepared to leave Little Farmer’s Cay shortly after sunrise. As we aren’t really on any schedule, we hadn’t started this early in a while, but we wanted to continue … Continue Reading

Entertaining Dolphins to Little Farmers Cay

  • By Christa Greer
  • February 22, 2018
  • 10 Comments

After our near disastrous visit to Emerald Cay Marina where I fouled the propeller, we were breathing a huge sigh of relief as we headed north along the Exumas with … Continue Reading

We Pull in to Emerald Bay Marina for Fuel…and then things got interesting

  • By Christa Greer
  • February 17, 2018
  • 3 Comments

As we headed north from Georgetown along the Exumas, we thought it would be wise to take advantage of the fuel facilities at Emerald Bay Marina. We planned our arrival … Continue Reading

Another Rental Car Adventure on Long Island

  • By Christa Greer
  • February 11, 2018
  • 3 Comments

On Long Island there are a few “must-see” places we hadn’t visited yet so a couple weeks ago we rented a car for another day-long adventure. We started at ruins … Continue Reading

Living on a boat isn’t all dolphins and mermaids

  • By Christa Greer
  • January 22, 2018
  • 3 Comments

Several people have recently commented that our life aboard Low Flite looks amazing…and it usually is. We experience fabulous sunsets, swim & snorkel off the back of our boat, hop … Continue Reading

Trip to the North of Long Island

  • By Christa Greer
  • January 12, 2018
  • 5 Comments

We rented a car for 24 hours to explore Long Island with our friends and spent the first afternoon touring the south so the next morning we headed north. Conveniently, … Continue Reading

Trip to the South of Long Island

  • By Christa Greer
  • January 12, 2018
  • 1 Comment

We planned a day adventure with our boating buddies to visit the south end of Long Island with a rental car. The narrow island is about 80 miles long and … Continue Reading

Provisioning For The Bahamas

  • By John Casey
  • December 22, 2017
  • 4 Comments

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

Leopard 58 Cruise To Key West

  • By John Casey
  • November 4, 2017
  • 1 Comment

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

Seasickness – Trampolines and Melons

  • By Christa Greer
  • December 19, 2016
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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 & Saba Rock

  • By Christa Greer
  • December 16, 2016
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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

The Baths on Virgin Gorda

  • By Christa Greer
  • December 15, 2016
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This morning we made our way to The Baths on Virgin Gorda – famous granite rock formations along the southern shore beaches. It was a lovely morning for a sail so … Continue Reading

TMM Base to The Bight

  • By Christa Greer
  • December 12, 2016
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During our breakfast at Fort Burt, we met an interesting guy and gal who just so happened to be from Canada and were in BVI as crew on one of … Continue Reading

Keep PiZZA Pi in Christmas Cove!!

  • By John Casey
  • September 17, 2016
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