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We left our Lake Montauk, NY anchorage early on June 23rd to cruise up to Newport, Rhode Island. There was a lot of commercial boat traffic as we passed through Block Island Sound and Rhode Island Sound, but we had a nice cruise. After passing Block Island we turned north and cruised into Newport Harbor,Continue reading “Newport, RI to Southwest Harbor, Maine”

After a month in Palm Beach Gardens, we were at last ready to begin our travels north for the next several months.  Excited to be on the open ocean (and have good ocean breezes to blow away the oppressive humidity and heat of Florida in June), we left Old Port Cove marina at 1:30pm onContinue reading ““NORTH! WE ARE HEADING NORTH, AND FAR IN THE DUSK I SEE A WARM LIGHT, LOW ON THE COAST OF DREAM, MARKING THE COURSE FOR ME.” – Theodore Goodridge Roberts”

The weather was very uncooperative, with high winds preventing us from doing very much in George Town after dropping off our most recent guests. We did have one last lunch at Chat and Chill, filled up a gas can for the dinghy, and decided to “hit the road” (seas?) on April 13th, beginning our slowContinue reading “Time to Head Back to Florida”

March 31st: Neil picked up Meg and Liv at the taxi stand (aka “Exuma Markets”). The girls had been on the road since the day before, taking a red-eye from Denver and then spending 11 hours in Miami before the short plane hop to Great Exuma Island. They may have been a wee bit tired….Continue reading “EXUMAS: REVISITING LOVED PLACES, EXPLORING NEW SPOTS”

March 18th: Kathleen piloted us out of the Oven Rock anchorage off Great Guana Cay and through the Galliot Cut into the Exuma Sound for our cruise down to George Town. The seas were a little rolly, but easy, we had some light drizzle, which was actually great. George Town is the capitol of theContinue reading “George Town, Great Exuma Island and Long Island”

March 7th had us cruising the relatively short hop (2.5 hours) from Warderick Wells Cay to Staniel Cay. After dropping anchor, we got the dinghy in the water and cruised over to a grocery store to both dump trash (large amount and stinky …) and buy some provisions. We planned a bigger shop the nextContinue reading “Staniel Cay and Great Guana Cay”

Another short cruise on March 2nd took us to our favorite spot (so far) in the Bahamas. We picked up a mooring ball in the Emerald Rock field, anticipating bigger winds later this week – strategically locating our boat near shore and “hills” that would hopefully buffer the winds that were anticipated from the EastContinue reading “EMERALD ROCK, WARDERICK WELLS CAY, AND THE EXUMA LAND AND SEA PARK … AKA PARADISE”

Feb 26th: Today we snorkeled the plane that went down here during the days of Norman’s Cay being a drug-running center. Apparently this cay was ideal for its out of the way location, long landing strip and proximity to the US. We don’t know what happened to the pilot of this ill-fated plane, but itContinue reading “The Snorkeling Dive that Made Narcos Real”

We spent the first two weeks of February provisioning for our 2-3 month cruise to the Bahamas, completing maintenance items and installing our new cooktop and dryer. Kathleen completed a long (since October) dental work saga (at least its over). Dave and Elaine arrived on the 9th, and we started our weather watch looking forContinue reading “AND JUST LIKE THAT…IT’S 2022”

The long gap between postings does not mean we’ve been idle! We took two trips to the Keys, one in August/September and one in November, enjoying various islands, snorkeling, sunsets and dolphins … We spent time in Key Biscayne, which is our favorite anchoring place as we travel south. On the second trip we alsoContinue reading “Closing out 2021”