Blogs from Long Island, Bahamas, Central America Caribbean

Geo: 22.7439, -75.4511No need for early risers here today. We have no plans yet but I'm sure something will happen. As Queenie says, "live for the moment". To accomplish this, you make no plans and just let things happen. Hopefully, you're happy with the things that happen. I guess we're going to try this method today. First, breakfast at 10 am. As a rule, Queenie always orders room service for breakfast: bacon, eggs, sausage, potatoes, sweet rolls, orange juice, milk, cereal and coffee. Now no one ever eats much of it and sometimes they don't even deliver it. If they don't, she'll call and complain, they'll bring it and then we all go upstairs, leaving the plates, glasses and stainless covers still intact. Why she does this every day I don't understand. She says Jonathan likes ... read more

Geo: 23.6576, -75.3358Seeing as we have this great weather window, we need to keep moving, and won't be spending more than one night anchored off of the Cape Santa Maria Resort, Calabash Bay, Long Island. But it sure is good to be back here. This resort is absolutely breathtaking. This is perfection in paradise which is attainable to all. The airport isn't far away, and as the saying goes...if you got the money, honey....We are all so happy that we escaped the busy anchorages of GGT. Four boats in this harbour is much more our style. We are sitting inside the screened in bar/restaurant of the resort. Christa and I are "interneting" like mad, uploading pictures, sending out emails, while Tony and Craig are sitting at the bar researching and discussing weather. The four of us ... read more

Adieu les Bahamas…. Enfin le printemps est arrivé. Nous devrions avoir des vents moins dépeignants. Pour l’instant, nous avons toujours un bon vent du nord-est, trop fort pour engager la route plus loin. Nous allons donc rester dans le coin. Nous sommes au nord de la baie de Thomson dans environ 7pi d’eau; il y a une quinzaine de bateaux seulement. Ici, c’est peu peuplé; il y a une plage et deux « quais » pour les dinghys, dont un qui appartient au seul « hôtel » du coin : le Long Island Breeze. Internet est très faible à partir du point où nous sommes dans la baie, mais comme Island Breeze le fournit gratuitement si vous consommez, nous y allons en annexe malgré une longue (plus de 1½mile) route mouillée à cause du vent. De ... read more

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 Justin wanted to see Long Island , so that was a great reason to leave Georgetown again and meet them in Long Island. It just so happened that there was an organized race from Georgetown ... read more

Race to Long Island After being anchored in Georgetown since mid-December, we decided to participate in the 1st annual George Town to Long Island Regatta that was sailed on Thursday February 7th. This was planned as a “fun race” from the cut at the south end of Elizabeth Harbor to the North tip of Long Island at Cape Santa Maria, a distance of about 30 miles in the open waters of Exuma sound. Depths here range from 500- 2000’ and the water is a deep, deep blue. The winds were a little above the predicted 15 knots from the southeast, which provided for a very tight close reach for the length of the course. After crossing the starting line I engaged the auto pilot and put out the fishing lines. After all, this was supposed to ... read more