Geo: 25.3502, -76.4942Hatchett Bay calls itself the Bahamas' most protected harbour.... Well isn't that kind of ironic?!?Mother Nature took out her frustrations on the only other boat in the harbour. Protected from wind and waves...yes. From lightning? Nope.Since the lighting strike, we've become "good neighbours" with Mike. He's been doing a ton of work to his boat to recover from the strike (and fire) and move on. Yesterday after he spent the day in his engine well, we had him over for a big spaghetti dinner. Today, Tony hoisted him up his mast so that he could check for any damage - which thankfully he thinks is very minimal. Since the strike took out his auto helm, he gave Tony all of his spare parts for it (since it's the same one we have). We are ... read more

Geo: 24.8641, -76.1627We were in Rock Sound for the fireworks and celebrations. Interestingly enough, the party begins the night before so that they can have fireworks at midnight to welcome the 10th of July right from the start!Sorry if the first few pics are repeats. Bad wifi...the fact that I got pics uploaded is impressive!!! ;) July 6th, 2014 - Cat Island for 10 days and now Eleuthera!Hello everyone!From picking up our package in Georgetown, Great Exuma, we sailed over to Cat Island to meet up with Bliss II again. It was 40 nautical miles (nm) across the Exuma Sound to Cat Island (Hawk's Nest Point - the southernmost point of the island). It was a good day of sailing and we were there in nine hours. From there we made our way north, anchoring at ... read more

Geo: 24.3546, -75.4816From GGT we hopped over to Cat Island to meet up with Bliss II again. We left the Conch Cay Cut (top of Georgetown Harbour) and arrived at Hawk's Nest Point (bottom end of Cat Island) nine hours later. It was a good day of sailing, even though the seas were a bit rough there was a good wind that allowed us to carve nicely through the waves.Once on Cat Island, we spent the first night anchored just east of Hawk's Nest Point. On day two we moved to New Bight to meet Bliss II. New Bight is the 'new' main town on Cat Island and is this island's regatta site. There are several restaurants and bars, a large hardware / grocery store, and everything that we could possibly need. Here, together with Rita ... read more

Geo: 23.3076, -75.1087We've crossed the Tropic of Cancer!!!After anchoring in Thompson Bay (town of Salt Pond) for two nights, we turned northward to Calabash Bay where we anchored off the Cape Santa Maria Resort. Simply Beautiful!!! June 13th, 2014 – Georgetown to Long Island – Crossed the Tropic of Cancer!Hello all,We are "officially" in the TROPICS!!! Enroute from GGT to Long Island, we crossed the Tropic of Cancer. It must be warmer here...the water temp went up from 33.5 degrees Celcius at our beachy Stocking Island anchorage to 36.5 in Thompson Bay. The water in Thompson Bay almost felt too warm. Bath-like.From there we rented a car with our friends Dave and Rita (Bliss II) and toured the southern end of Long Island. It was a fun day and we saw many of the sights including ... read more

Geo: 23.5162, -75.7867A few more things of interest around GGT.... read more