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Central America Caribbean » Bahamas » Nassau » Bahamas June 29th 2010

Mom and I got to the Bahamas Tuesday afternoon. We got settled in and hit the beach. The Breezes resort has entertainment every night, so we made sure to catch that every day after being in the sun. We did lots of other stuff in addition to sitting on the beach every day. Wednesday we climbed the rock wall and went kayaking. Thursday we swam with the dolphins and seal lions. I absolutely love sea lions- they are insanely funny and cuddly! Friday we went sailing, in to town, and swung on the trapeze. Saturday we went snorkeling and got burnt. Sunday we went home. We had a good time and got super tan. The people in the Bahamas are awesome- so friendly and charming and just plain out fun! There were a bunch of young ... read more
Made it to the top!!
Kayaking
Mommy and me

Central America Caribbean » Bahamas » Nassau June 11th 2010

After a frantic refresh/re-do of a few projects in Newport, Rhode Island, we are in dire need to be sailing South! We were told in Maine that we needed a new headstay foil simply shipped in from Europe. (a cute little 18 foot long piece of equipment for holding on our head sail). We ordered it in February and were told that we would have it by the time our riggers were putting the rig (all the tall stuff on deck) back in. It didn't make it. So we were told we would have it before we departed for Newport. It didn't make it (this time due to the volcano in iceland erupting.. of course!). We were told it was in Customs and we would have it in Newport. It didn't make it. We had many ... read more
Dolphin Breath
Rich enjoying the sail
Bow Surfing


Bahamas - our choice in the Caribbean As we wrote in our previous entry on the blog our Easter holiday was divided between New York City and the Caribbean. The Caribbean is large so for obvious reasons we had to limit ourselves to visit only the Bahamas and there we had time only to visit two islands, Providence Island and Harbor Island. We started our visit in Nassau, the capitol of the Bahamas. Nassau sees a large influx of tourists, mostly from North America, and the city therefore feels a bit like a tourist resort. This is for better and for worse. On the good side, it is easy to get tourist information, to rent cars, buy tickets for tours and to buy good coffee. On the downside, you get the feeling that this is a ... read more
Guy on a boat
Fort Charlotte
Queen Steps

Central America Caribbean » Bahamas » Nassau March 16th 2010

Hi Just a short note to say I hope that you enjoy the attached images of Nassau. It has been great to finelly arrive in the Bahamas and we feel we are truly on our way. Depart for the Emumas Islands tomorrow and so it may be a while before the next posting. Regards to you all. Bob Carla and Jeremy, team Harbinger.... read more
Local food stalls and market
Food stall
Food stalls

Central America Caribbean » Bahamas » Nassau March 13th 2010

Hello all, Well we made it at long last. It was a bit of a dash to get to Nassau before the next front. We took 60 hours to cover the 260 miles in one hit, from Marathon Florida to Nassau. The last afternoon was a bit of a slog but other than feeling tired we were fine. It turned out that the weather window lasted about 72 hours. Jeremy and Carla have been great and I doubt weather I'd have made it to Nassau without them. Harbinger has also performed well and is easy on the crew, tracking well and riding the lumpy seas well. All in all a memerable passage. Unfortunately we didn't get any pictures until we were approaching Nassau harbour entrance. We'll stay put for about a week before moving on, either ... read more
Nassau harbour
View from Harbinger

Central America Caribbean » Bahamas » Nassau February 13th 2010

Central America Caribbean » Bahamas » Nassau » Bahamas February 8th 2010

We’ve been in the Bahamas already for 3 weeks now and have already had our first guests onboard. We sailed to the Exumas and spent a lovely week visiting islands we had set foot on some 3 years ago. Can’t believe it had already been 3 years since we had enjoyed these crystal waters. Finally meeting back up with some great friends that we met during our travels along the east US coast. IE: s/c Katmandu , s/v Emma & many more.. You really meet some great people while living a cruising life style. We traveled from Nassau to Norman’s cay, setting anchor in the deeper waters since we draw 7 feet... When we went ashore, we quickly noticed that, aside from the vegetation growing in, that not much, if anything, had changed. We walked ... read more
Long Lost Bahamain Brothers
Annie Diving in Warderick Wells
Annie Highbourne Cay Beach Exumas

Central America Caribbean » Bahamas » Nassau » Bahamas January 25th 2010

New Providence - Nassau, Bahamas. We are finally anchored in the clear waters of the Bahamas!! In order to get this far well we had to go through two hurricanes, a bunch of tropical storms and way too many cold fronts to count!! Not to forget breaking through ice on the ICE in Jacksonville Beach Florida (see photos to prove it) !! All this being said, it’s all still worth it as this is the first step in our long adventurous journey!! We have been very busy finishing up our long list of projects, and ended spending some five weeks in Jacksonville Beach at the Palm Cove marina. We left Jacksonville on Jan. 10th and started making way south again... We spent several days in Vero Beach to make an onboard generator switch!! The 3KW genset ... read more
Tiki Hut Cabin
Tiki Hut Cabin
ICW ICE!!!

Central America Caribbean » Bahamas » Nassau » Bahamas January 10th 2010

A nice quote from Thoreau there. =) Anyway....day 3 of the cruise was quite interesting. I'd gone to bed the night before at about 4:30am. Marcia and I had plans to get up at 8 or 8:30....I was going to die!! Well, we were going to be chilling beachside, possibly some snorkling on Royal Caribbean's private island; Cocoa Cay. It was going to be beautiful. Until we got up at 8:30. A note was under the door. "I bet that is saying our day at the island is cancelled," Marcia said. I hoped she was wrong. I got off the bed and went to check our night. "Revised day at Sea" it said. Our day at Cocoa Cay had been cancelled due to the weather and increadible waves, making it impossible to dock at Cocoa Cay ... read more
Le Eiffel Tower
me!
hot asian guys


I woke up at noon, glorious noon. Today was the day it was supposed to be 80 degrees! It was going to be warm! And I was going to lay out and get a tan and drink pina colada's on the beach and -- It was freezing!!! We started the day off in the diner. Breakfast food was already gone so we ate lunch food. My breakfast was pork and rice and ice cream and tea. It was very good, actually. We hadnt signed up for any excursions. We just planed to explore the island on our own, take a trip out to Atlantis and then on to Senor Frogs. Yes it is the "touristy" thing to go do, but I had never been. And besides, we had gotten word that they have excellent beef nachos. ... read more
Atlantis
Fishy's!!
The tootie twosome!!




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