Blogs from Georgetown, Exuma, Bahamas, Central America Caribbean - page 3

Our youngest daughter lived on board with us for three years and was fond of calling George Town, Exuma “camp for grown-ups” because there are so many activities to choose from and the pace can be the opposite of the usual laid-back and relaxing cruiser style. Cruisers here seem to fall into two categories-- you love it for all the things there are to do and the convenience of services, or you hate it because there are too many boats, too much radio chatter, just too much. So where does the crew of I Wanda fall? In both camps, actually. We find that we enjoy George Town very much indeed for its wonderful services, yet we like to escape too for quieter places. Exuma Markets has been the cruisers’ best friend for as many years as ... read more

Bahamas 2010-2011 Our long awaited crossing of the Gulf Stream was probably the best one we have had so far. The winds were light and we had to motor sail nearly all the way but the stream was benign. The seas were 2’ or less and the left over northerly swell was only about 5’ and about 10 seconds apart. We spotted the tops of the container cranes at Freeport Grand Bahamas about 08:30. They are visible about 25 miles from land since they must be about 120’ in the air. We docked at the Port Lucaya fuel dock, topped off our tanks and then went up to check in with Customs and Immigration. The Customs lady was there and had us cleared in and issued our one year cruising permit within 30 minutes. However, the ... read more

Cela fait déjà un mois que nous avons touché les Bahamas ! Nous avons traversé les Exumas, ces îles quasi inhabitées. Les quelques locaux sont très accueillants et chaleureux. L’eau est turquoise, limpide et elle brille comme un diamant ! Lundi le 3 janvier 2011 : Staniel’s Cay. Journée internet. On se rend au Staniel’s Cay Yacht Club Marina pour se connecter sur internet (10$ pour la journée) afin de prendre nos courriels et faire une mise à jour de note blog (voir précédent blog). Le signal n’est pas très fort. C’est long et lent pour travailler de façon efficace… Puis sur la fin de l’après-midi Aline et Luc d’Océana 1 nous rejoignent sur Miralo pour le 5 à 7 qui se terminera en un souper de roi aux fruits de mer frais. Encore une fois ... read more

National Family Regatta week. We have had a great week, the National Family Regatta was held in George Town with lots of racing of the traditional Bahamian working boats. The post sailing partying has been pretty full on as well with some great music and lots of rum. Well I have to bid farewell to my goods friends Molly, Jason and Porter, who I will miss very very much. Thank you for being such good company, you have made this the trip of a life time, thank you, I miss you all very much. I now head off to the UK for a couple of weeks and Southern Star and my friends will move on to new places. However Jeremy and Carla have kindly offered to stay aboard Harbinger while I'm away and when I return ... read more

“Winter 2010 - Georgetown and Surrounding Harbors” Our arrival in Georgetown was delayed somewhat this year due to our month long stay in Ocean Reef Resort. However, life in Georgetown was much the same as the two previous years. Our mornings are usually spent doing boat maintenance, going to town for supplies, laundry, dropping off trash or filling our water tanks. Most afternoons cruisers gather on Volleyball beach to hear the latest cruising gossip, play cards or dominos, and usually take part in a couple of games of “fun volleyball”. Fun volleyball is played with 9 people on each side (3 lines of 3). Therefore it is a low impact sport. A couple of times a week there will be an ARG meeting (Alcohol Research Group) where we have a sunset beach party with drinks, hors ... read more