Without a doubt, this has been one windy winter in the Bahamas! We are currently waiting for weather to start north, and hopefully will start heading up the Exumas tomorrow, with a goal of getting back to St.Marys Georgia about the middle of April. We plan to leave the boat again this year in St.Marys, and spend the summer home in Guelph. In addition to it being windy, it has been cold. We’re not complaining as we know it’s been pretty harsh up north, and certainly the weather has been much more pleasant here. Since we last wrote, we have been [View Full Entry]

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Believe it or not, we have had winter down here too. We have had lots of cold fronts, strong winds, even a few cold, cloudy days and we actually wore jackets a couple of times. It seems that this year there has been longer west winds, which makes for a challenge in some of the more common anchorages. We sure aren’t complaining though as we get regular reports from home on the cold and snow there! We haven’t had as much company this year, and we have been touring around more and visiting other Islands. Sharon’s brother Brian and our nephew [View Full Entry]

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After New Years, we said goodbye to our kids, as they headed back home to work and the cold weather. We will miss them, but for sure won’t miss the weather. So far this winter the weather has been very very nice down here. Steven, Dawn, Paul and Ella, all seemed to enjoy things here in “Club Georgetown” and Miss Ella, got right into the beach life. We spent a few days, cleaning and putting our boat stuff back where it usually is. Six people and baby luggage on our boat makes it a little tight so we had moved things [View Full Entry]

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Christmas is over, and as I’m writing this, it’s New Years Eve. We’re anchored in Elizabeth Harbour just off of Stocking Island, and have been enjoying the holiday season here, with our family. Steven arrived on December 20, Dawn Paul and Ella on December 22. It has been a wonderful holiday, (even if the boat is a little crowded), and we know we are just about the luckiest people in the world! In our last blog we were half way down the Exumas, in the Bahamas Land and Sea Park. We got stuck there a little longer than we had hoped, [View Full Entry]

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In our last blog, we posted a picture of me finding a mooring ball in Soldier Cay Bahamas. There is a Soldier Cay in the Berry Islands, and another in Exuma Land and Sea Park. Our picture from Soldier Cay was from Soldier Cay in the Berry Islands. We are currently still in Wardwick Wells, and have not been as far south as Soldier Cay in the Park. Anyone wishing to see the route we have taken may contact us and we will share our Winlink position reports. The Exuma Cay Land and Sea Park is one of the most beautiful [View Full Entry]

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December 9, 2008 We are in the Bahamas and glad to be here. We left Vero Beach on American Thanksgiving November 27th (after dinner of course) and crossed that night to Port Lucaya Grand Bahamas. This year the weather has been a little unique down south. In Florida it has been colder than usual, with lots of cold fronts (always from cold Canada) . We travelled from St.Marys Georgia to Vero Beach Florida, in the Inland Waterway, then spent 9 days in Vero Beach. Vero Beach is a very popular spot for people like us en route to the Bahamas or [View Full Entry]

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Here we go, starting out our second winter of retirement on the boat! After leaving the boat in St.Marys Georgia last April, we spent the summer home in Guelph, enjoying life in our home, and our first summer with our new Granddaughter Ella. I was very lucky and worked all summer for Centennial Optical. Sharon was equally busy organizing things at our home, helping our daughter Dawn and her husband Paul move to a new home. October 24st we left Guelph to return to the boat. After spending the weekend in Chalotte North Carolina with friends Jenny and Ron Huibers, we [View Full Entry]

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April 12, 2007 3958 miles since we left Oakville last June, and 28 miles to go and our sailing adventure will be over for this year. We left Port Lucaya, Grand Bahamas 2 days ago with several options, but ultimately we hoped we would have good enough weather to go the whole 307 miles to Fernandina Beach, St.Marys River . St.Marys Georgia (on the Florida / Georgia border) is where we will be leaving the boat for the summer. Since the weather has been a little unstable since we left the Exumas , it’s been a bit of a challenge to [View Full Entry]

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Adventures on the high seas, pirates, long ocean passages, and long sandy beaches. Well…. we certainly have had our share of beaches, but if you’re hoping to hear of these other exciting things, sorry but we’ve been having too much fun for that. We have spent the whole winter in the Bahamas, and most of that time in the Exumas. We might have set a record having been fortunate enough to have 6 groups of company come to visit this year. Since our last blog, my sisters (Lynne and Marianne) visited, our granddaughter Ella and her parents Dawn and Paul, and [View Full Entry]

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We finally left Georgetown, after being in the same spot for nearly six weeks. We headed south to Long Island and have spent the last week and a half there. Yesterday we arrived back in George Town, and are awaiting my 2 sisters arriving today for a short 5 day visit. Long Island is to the south and east of Exuma and is 78 miles long. It is becoming the southeastern mecca for boats cruising in the Bahamas. With good harbours and many modern facilities and services near decent anchorages, it is a “must see” while you are here. Already boasting [View Full Entry]

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