Ce blog s'adresse à tout les futurs navigateurs qui entreprendrons le même voyage que nous vers les Bahamas. Il y a quelques jours, nous avons dû faire malheureusement faire route vers Nassau pour renouveller nos visa (séjour) et notre permis de pêche. À notre arrivée à Nassau en décembre dernier, l'agente d'immigration des douanes nous à remis un visa de 90 jours ainsi qu'un permis de pêche de 90 jours. On lui avait demandé d'avoir un séjour plus long en sachant fort bien que nous serions au Bahamas jusqu'au mois de mai 2008. À ce moment là, l'agente nous avait informée [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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Bien des choses se sont écoulés depuis le dernier blog..... Nous avons malheureusement eu un gros probleme d'ordinateur et nous avons perdu toutes nos photos du voyage. Nous attendons avec impatience notre nouvel ordinateur par nos amis les Rouma qui viendrons nous visité a partir du 19 mars. Nous allons faire un blog d'ici les prochains jours en vous donnant plus d'informations et on vous racontera notre aventure a Nassau pour renouveller nos visas. M-C et Seb [View Full Entry]

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We set sail for Georgetown, the southernmost port in the Exumas, and happened to arrive the week of the big cruising regatta. We couldn’t believe how many boats were anchored in the harbor, at least 400! But with the belief that there is always room for one more, we made our way in and set the hook. Now the cruising regatta is a week long event, with all kind of events like the coconut challenge, a pet parade, a scavenger hunt, a bake-off, golf and tennis and volleyball and bocce ball tournaments, and much, much more. Oh yeah… and 2 regattas, [View Full Entry]

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Depuis maintenant 1 semaine que nous sommes dans notre petit coin de paradis à Pipe Creek. Nous croyons rester ici encore pour plusieurs jours…… Voici en photo la semaine que nous venons de passer à Pipe Creek. M-C et Seb [View Full Entry]

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Visite en dighny de la marina de Sampson Cay. [View Full Entry]

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We loved our time in Cat Island but it was time to move on. The glorious weather we have enjoyed due to the high pressure ridge positioned just north of us was about to come to an end, with a big cold front predicted and thus gale force winds and big seas all the following week. So we set sail, taking advantage of the SE trade winds for once, and crossed the Exuma Sound to the Staniel Cay area. We have spent the last 3 weeks in this area, re-visiting our favorite sights and entertaining our family who came out for [View Full Entry]

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We arrived back in Georgetown on February 15th after a smooth sail with 10-12 knot following seas from Long Island, Bahamas. The harbor in George Town seemed to grow by another 50-60 boats while we were gone. There is a big event called George Town Regatta in early March and many boats in the Bahamas attend every year. Some years as many as 400 boats are anchored in the harbor at this time. While we were in Long Island we did not have access to email, so when we got back we checked our messages and found an email from Julie [View Full Entry]

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Après avoir passé plus de 10 jours à Staniel, nous décidons de quitter vers Normand cay ou nous pourrons croiser à nouveau Victoria V. Ils ont dû descendre vers Nassau pour aller chercher la sœur de Mario avec son chum. En remontant vers le nord, on décide d’arrêter à Bell island ou il y a un aquarium de la mer. Pour la première fois depuis notre arriver au Bahamas, le paysage de notre mouillage n’est pas très beau. Nous mouillons devant un garage……Mais le paysage de l’aquarium de la mer. Wow ! Bell island est dans le parc national des Exumas [View Full Entry]

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Mike and Bridget flew in with Woody and Tammy and we headed South through the Exumas. We Stopped at Normans Cay and had a wonderful dinner at MacDuff's. The next morning we snorkeled the plane wreck and ate lunch at Wardrick Wells. That evening we spent the night at Staneil Cay and befriended the entire island. We attended the Valentine Festival at the public beach and headed off for the pigs. We enjoyed feeding the pigs and Woody and I found a nice lobster for dinner. After lunch and dinner was in the boat we went swimming in Thunderball Cave. We [View Full Entry]

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