Trip to the North of Long Island
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
Our Stumble Into The Cruising Life
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
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
Hog Cay anchorage, Long Island #bahamas #sky #skyporn #coolsky #sunset #sundown #sailing #saltlife #boatlife #lowflite #wanderlust #traveller #instago #instagood #iphone6s #instaphoto #travelgram A post shared by Low Flite (@low_flite) on … Continue Reading
Looks like an old Gemini that has seen better days. Still tied to the dock. Even has a stern line! Salt Pond, Long Island #bahamas #wanderer #getoutthere #boatwreck #boat #island … Continue Reading
On New Year’s eve we anchored in the Hawksbill Cay Northern Anchorage en route to Georgetown and had a lovely potluck with our boating buddies. Even though it was New … Continue Reading
The crabs around here can be pretty funny trying to defend their turf. Remember those crabs from Nemo? Christa came across this guy doing his best to scare her away … Continue Reading
St. Peter & St. Paul’s Church, Clarence Town, Long Island #bahamas #clarencetown #church #sunset #lowflite #wander A post shared by Low Flite (@low_flite) on Jan 9, 2018 at 4:13am PST
We have a very convenient option on the boat, a deck wash hose at the front of the boat by the anchor windlass, which can spray either fresh water or … Continue Reading
#coolsky at Thompson Bay Long Island #bahamas #sailing #getaway #lowflite #skyporn #boatlife #schooner #rainbow A post shared by Low Flite (@low_flite) on Jan 8, 2018 at 5:45am PST
#coolsky at Thompson Bay Long Island #bahamas #sailing #getaway #lowflite #skyporn #boatlife #catamaran A post shared by Low Flite (@low_flite) on Jan 8, 2018 at 5:42am PST
Women sometimes have difficulty finding their place on the boat. This can be for a number of reasons such as when they’re following their partner’s dream and trying to see … Continue Reading
What to do when it’s too cold in the #Bahamas play in the water? Make old school #popcorn and watch @itsthegrandtour of course! A post shared by John Casey (@john.casey2) … Continue Reading
We recently anchored near Spanish Wells and dingied into town to stock up on a few fresh veggies at a large supermarket. Their dingy dock also sells gas so we … Continue Reading
We sailed into Moore’s Island harbor on December 27th. Anchoring near the dingy docks was a challenge. With shallow depths, the engines churned up weed and it quickly became impossible … Continue Reading
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
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
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
One of the many systems we have on board is something called an Automatic Identification System (AIS). It provides a wireless information network between vessels and/or shore stations transmitted over … Continue Reading
There’s an aphorism that says cruising is merely making boat repairs in exotic locations. Although we haven’t really had to “repair” our boat yet, after our first night at anchor, … Continue Reading
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