Around TCI

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We’re in a marina for a few days, which we thought would be a nice little break, but has actually turned out to be pretty lame. Bugs at night, non-existent internet, ten-dollar per load do-it-yourself laundry, and a long walk to the beach. Good groceries are nice to have, and … Read More

Turks and Caicos

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Atwood Harbor on the north side of Acklins Island. Pretty nice spot in light winds from the south. We spent a few days, mostly alone, except for two nurse sharks and a big barracuda that never left our side—like annoying pet chihuahuas. From Acklins Island it was 110 mile overnight … Read More

Fearless

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A nice long stretch of calm weather opens up all sorts of options in the Bahamas that otherwise aren’t all that appealing. The north side of Long Island is one of those. Wide open to the Atlantic it’s often a raging mess, or the anchorages are filled with huge swell. … Read More

Stay Calm

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We were in George Town again for a couple of days to stock up and get a visa extension, then we were looking forward to some calm weather. This year has seen very few days under ten knots, but it appears they are finally on the way. With a trawler, … Read More

Lee Stocking Island Life

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Our kids are the king and queen of making fun out of what they have—creating imaginary storylines to pepper their play with, building elaborate homes out of rock on the beach, painting shells with mud, making boats out of toilet paper rolls, kayak anchors out of rocks, and the list … Read More

Blue

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You never truly understand how many different shades of blue there are, until you cruise the Bahamas. Wind did a little clocking this day, and forced us out of where we had been anchored. We took off for a few miles to hide around the southeast side of Staniel Cay—an … Read More

Twin Engines Again

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Transmission is back home where she belongs. Step one was just picking it up and getting it to the boat. Watermakers Air is basically just a plane, a pilot, and a couple of employees who ferry guests in golf carts from the runway to the Yacht Club resort. I felt … Read More

Special Delivery

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Around Staniel Cay there are all sorts of different small cays, rocks, and sand bars to explore. It’s hard to believe that tourists pay hundreds of dollars for a tour to Pig Beach. It’s a madhouse during the day, but in the evening when everyone else has left, it is … Read More

Diving and Waiting

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While we’re waiting on the transmission we have been stranded here off Big Majors just outside Staniel Cay. It’s not a bad place to be, except when the wind clocks around out of the west and leaves us sitting here exposed to rough seas. It moves through quickly, but has … Read More

A Transmission Story

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When the transmission failed, we had decided to come down to George Town, figuring we could get all the same services we could in Staniel Cay. After getting the transmission torn apart, and spending a couple hours talking to the old-timer transmission guys (old, because they stopped making this transmission … Read More

Bad Teeth

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The kids were jumping off the boat when a big shark swam by directly underneath them—a nurse shark, but still. After about five seconds they asked, “Okay, can we go again?” They weren’t about to let some dumb shark get in the way of their fun. In George Town, the … Read More

Monumental

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The Monument Hill explorers went off without me, leaving me greasy and unhappy in the engine compartment. Little did they know how difficult it could be to find a way to the top of a hill without a human GPS. Well, that part seems easy enough. But before they got … Read More