Leisure… Sand Raptor and the Cruising Regatta! 2 Mar 20123 Mar 2012 The 32nd Cruising Regatta has begun! We signed up for the Coconut Challenge and Regatta Races (as crew on catamaran Deja Vu). Our Coconut Challenge team is Sand Raptor—a combination…
Cooking… Catch of the Day- Mega Lobster & Rum 27 Feb 20123 Mar 2012 Today we went offshore to spear fish with our friends aboard Sandpiper. They go offshore to spear pretty much all the time for food, and have a Hawaiian sling (a…
Leisure… Reaching Georgetown- A Cruiser’s Mecca 23 Feb 201227 Feb 2012 There are about 250 cruising boats here. It is considered a low year. Past years the count was 500 boats. People have said this is because not many Americans are…
Fishing… Catch of the Day- Mahi Mahi! 19 Feb 201220 Feb 2012 The weather has really calmed down (finally!) so we decided to make our way south to Farmers Cay on the Ocean side, taking the opportunity to do some fishing. We…
Leisure… Thunderball, Pigs, Iguanas- much to do! 17 Feb 20128 May 2023 The winds at Pipe Cay subsiding, we sailed for Staniel Cay and anchored at Big Major Cay which is home to Pig Beach. “Wild” pigs actively live on the island,…
Leisure… Tucked in for a Norther at Pipe Cay 13 Feb 201219 Feb 2012 The weather was calling for a pretty bad Norther and squalls. Winds 20-25 knots from the NW and N. Accounting for swell, and swell wrapping around islands, the most protected…
Fishing… Northern Land and Sea Park- Shroud Cay 10 Feb 201219 Feb 2012 Before we left Norman’s Cay and entered the legally protected waters of the Land and Sea Park, Grant tested his luck at spearfishing fish for the first time (not lobsties). …
Cooking… Cruising’s Holy Land–the Exumas 7 Feb 201219 Feb 2012 We left Rock Sound with the sunrise, making a good sail southward to Highborne Cay in the Exumas. The crossing was about 60 miles through protected Eleuthera sandbanks and out…
Fishing… Unhappy Barracuda, Laundry and Water 3 Feb 20125 Feb 2012 The weather has been very very windy. It seems like the wind hasn’t calmed down for weeks. We had a favorable breeze so we sailed from Hatchet Bay to Governors…
Leisure… Onward to Eleuthera- sailing southward 25 Jan 201227 Jan 2012 A really interesting site about Eleuthera history, ruins, caves and wrecks: www.projecteleuthera.org Back to work getting ready to sail southward to Eleuthera. We filled Velocir up with food, fuel and…
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