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Cruising Regatta in Georgetown
Published: March 14th 2008Central America Caribbean » Bahamas » Exuma » Georgetown
March 10th 2008
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, one around the island and one in the harbor. At night there are parties on the beach with music and more events like skit night and trivia night and a texas hold ‘em tournament. So ... read more
Pipe Creek-Un petit paradis méconnu
Published: March 2nd 2008Central America Caribbean » Bahamas » Exuma
March 2nd 2008
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 ... read more
March 2nd 2008
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 a visit- what fun! We snorkeled thunder ball cave and feed the many fish there, we anchored out in the city of boats off Big Majors where we get to enjoy the antics of swimming ... read more
February 28th 2008
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 requesting that we call her as soon as possible. While on their vacation to Maui Julie and Dan became engaged. On Valentines day morning, they went to see the sunrise from the top of the ... read more
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February 25th 2008
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 et cette partie est donc protégée et la faune marine est à couper le souffle. Par la suite, nous quittons pour Normand cay ou nous avions passé Noël en décembre dernier. Lors de notre passage, ... read more
February 21st 2008
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 swam in and out and in and out and had a great time. Woody and i headed to the top of the cave to jump off. it was a great day and we decided to ... read more
Retour à Black point et à Staniel Cay
Published: February 15th 2008Central America Caribbean » Bahamas » Exuma
February 15th 2008
Il y a quelques jours, nous avons eu un autre passage d’un front froid. Le passage d’un front froid est un changement important du temps. Les fronts n’existent que parce que les grandes masses d’air chaudes ou d’air froid ne peuvent se pénétrer. Elles se côtoient. Ces masses d’air se frottent l’une sur l’autre et le conflit qui en résulte, produit une dépression frontale. Au passage d’un front froid, c’est l’air chaud qui est repoussé. Comme les vents sont annoncés du nord-est de 25 à 35 nœuds nous décidons de retourner à Little Bay pour se protéger des vents forts qui annonce avec Victoria V et Apothéose. Après 2 jours, voilà que le vent change pour sud-est ou nous ne sommes pas protégés des vagues. Nous décidons de quitter pour Black point ou nous serons plus ... read more
February 13th 2008
Working in the Bahamas is actual work, no one believes that but we spend 5 some times 6 days a week working on the boat. There is alot of cleaning that goes on just to keep her up. But the days off are pretty great. We have made many friends down here. Ben is a fellow capt. from Florida that runs a 42' Saber, and he stays in the boss's house and has a 26' Regulator to use. We decided to take off one morning to try and catch a fish or two. We left the dock at 6 am and trolled for a five hours with only one hit. We did see giant sunfish! It looked like a white VW Beetle underwater. After trying to circle around and get a good view she dove to ... read more
