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Background: Arawak Indians inhabited the islands when Christopher Columbus first set foot in the New World on San Salvador in 1492. British settlement of the islands began in 1647; the islands became a colony in 1783. Since attaining independence from the UK in 1973, The Bahamas have prospered through tourism and international banking and investment management. Because of its geography, the country is a major transshipment point for illegal drugs, particularly shipments to the US, and its territory is used for smuggling illegal migrants into the US.




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New Years Greetings from George Town On Saturday afternoon Dec. 22nd, Cameron took the dinghy across the harbor to the town to pick up Julie and Dan. Their flight arrived on time- unfortunately Delta decided to keep their luggage in Atlanta until the next day. They made a quick trip to the Exuma Market to purchase a couple of $5.00 toothbrushes - “Welcome to the Bahamas!” Since there was no unpacking to be done , we headed off to the beach. The breathtaking beauty of the scenery, the perfect weather, and drinks at the “Chat & Chill” beach bar helped our [View Full Entry]

Double Wide Cat - Cameron Simmons | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: January 17th 2008 | 194 Views | [diary=236769]

Double-Wide off Volleyball Beach
Dan & Julie on Volleyball Beach
Concert on the Beach

Vendredi le 28 décembre 2007 Staniel Cay Jour 1 Nous attendons d’être dépasser la zone du Park National pour mettre les lignes à l’eau. Comme à chaque fois, nous espérons prendre un joli thon ou un Mahi Mahi. On le sait que ça viendra, mais quand, ça on ne le sait pas ! Nous apercevons que la ligne côté bâbord a une prise au bout. Seb saute sur sa ligne pour ramener le poisson envoyant déjà un thon dans son assiette pour ce soir. Et non ! Ce n’est pas un thon, mais un %$?& de Barracuda. Dans plusieurs pays on [View Full Entry]

Born Free - Marie-Claude et Sébastien | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: January 1st 2008 | 899 Views | [diary=231737]

Toute une pièce !!!!
Seb ! Au ange !
Hey !

Samedi le 22 décembre Nassau vers Allan Cay 4h30 am….. Seb , nous avons chassé! Nous sommes maintenant rendus en plein milieu du port de Nassau… Par chance, nous n’avons pas frappé aucun voilier derrière nous. Ça prit 1 heure à remonter l’ancre parce qu’elle était prise dans un câble d’acier probablement. On a tu hâtes de quitter Nassau !!!!! 8h30… Heure du départ. Les conditions climatiques sont parfaites pour passer le Yellow Bank, vent léger, mais très ensoleillé. Le Yellow Bank est la partie la moins profonde du banc des Bahamas et il f [View Full Entry]

Born Free - Marie-Claude et Sébastien | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 27th 2007 | 643 Views | [diary=230600]

Les dragons Bahamiens
5 à 7 à travers les Iguanes
Ils sont très agiles sur 2 pattes

Lundi le 24 décembre Norman Cay Jour 1 Ce matin, c’est une petite journée de navigation qui nous attend. On se déplace vers Norman Cay, une petite île au sud à 12 milles nautiques. C’est ici qu’au début des années 1980, il y avait un resort d’évasion pour des gens riches et célèbres. Puis un Germano-Colombiens, un caïd de la drogue décida de s’installer ici, mais d’acheter l’île au complet. Il chassère tous les résidents et de faire fermé le resort. Il y a eu beaucoup d’avions chargés de drogue qui atterissait et décollait sur l’u [View Full Entry]

Born Free - Marie-Claude et Sébastien | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 27th 2007 | 749 Views | [diary=230605]

MC et son arme la Fameuse Hawaien Sling
Arrivée à Norman Cay
Seb entrain de préparer la langouste

Mercredi le 26 décembre Warderick Parc National des Exumas Jour 1 Nous voilà rendu dans le Exumas Park qui a été créer en 1958 d’une superficie de 450 km2. Il fut le premier parc à protéger une zone submergée au monde. Pour y avoir accès, on doit se prendre un mooring au côut de 15$ par jour et l’accès à internet à 10$. L’entrée dans le parc est assez impressionnante, car pour avoir accès à notre mooring on doit longer tous les autres bateaux au mooring, car à l’intérieur du bassin, il n’y a presque pas d’eau. (voir photo) Une fois [View Full Entry]

Born Free - Marie-Claude et Sébastien | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 27th 2007 | 554 Views | [diary=230611]

Wow ! À coupé le souffle !
L'eau transparente des Bahamas
Seb dans son Wetsuit

Journal de bord Jeudi le 27 décembre 2007 Warderick Jour 2 Ce matin, nous allons faire de la randonnée pédestre sur les sentiers de l’île qui sont très bien banalisés. Le paysage est à coupé le souffle d’un côté la mer et de l’autre le Bank. C’est une journée splendide, malgré la chaleur accablante de 30 C. contrairement à l’habitude, il n’y a aucun vent. Eh oui ! Depuis notre arrivée au Bahamas, le vent oscille toujours à 15 nœuds en moyenne et parfois plus. Au grand plaisir de Seb ! Enfin ! Son éolienne sert à quelques choses. Les batteries [View Full Entry]

Born Free - Marie-Claude et Sébastien | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 27th 2007 | 572 Views | [diary=230834]

Paysage
MC dans la creek
Petit lézard

December 17th, we arrived in Georgetown, and are looking forward to enjoying Christmas here. Our son Steve, and Sharon’s sister Patty will join us in Georgetown, and we are very excited to see them! After arriving in the Bahamas November 30th, we cleared in at Port Lucaya, and stayed there for a couple of days. Port Lucaya was very nice but we were anxious to get further south. We headed for the Berry Islands, and anchored for a couple of days at Great Harbour in Stirrup Cay. Stirrup Cay is where cruise ships take passengers for “a beach day on a [View Full Entry]

About Time - Doug & Sharon Sandercott | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 20th 2007 | 561 Views | [diary=228897]

Ranger feeding sugar to birds
Skeleton of Sperm Whale at Warderick Wells
Warderick Wells

Greetings from Warderick Wells Bahamas Land & Sea Park Today we sailed from Normans’s Cay to Warderick Wells Cay. It was a 21 mile trip with plenty navigational challenges like dodging coral heads and reading the water by the color of green or blue which tells us how deep the water is up ahead. Generally, dark blue is good and light blue or light green means shallow water. It seems we can see the bottom virtually all of the time so the water always looks shallow, even when it is 10-15’ feet deep. Norman’s Cay is known because it served as [View Full Entry]

Double Wide Cat - Cameron Simmons | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: January 16th 2008 | 145 Views | [diary=236443]

Park Headquarters
Humming Bird
Doublewide at WW

The last anchorage that we visited in the Exumas before heading back up to Nassau was Hawksbill Cay, at the northern border of the Exuma Land and Sea Park. The main reason why we wanted to visit this uninhabited island was to explore the loyalist ruins there. The Bahamas have a very interesting history which includes pirates, rum running, and loyalist colonization (we recommend the book Wind from the Carolinas, which is a historical novel about the Bahamas and gives great insight to the islands). After the American Revolution, the citizens who were loyal to Great Britain progressively f [View Full Entry]

Rum Runner - Jay and Jen Johnson | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 9th 2007 | 350 Views | [diary=159432]

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Russel Ruins
Ruins

The next stop on our trek up the Exuma chain was the north anchorage of Waderick Wells, just off of the Exuma Land and Sea Park Headquarters. We called the day before to make our reservations and were excited that we got the prime location just off the beach, a stone’s throw from HQ. We had a great time there, even though we were only able to stay for a couple of days, and got this cool picture of the Rum Runner from the porch. The blue water is deep enough for us to travel, but notice the narrow and curving [View Full Entry]

Rum Runner - Jay and Jen Johnson | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 9th 2007 | 317 Views | [diary=159121]