Blogs from Abaco, Bahamas, Central America Caribbean - page 4

When the cold front finally lifted we finally threw the lines and headed out of Marsh Harbor and headed for Elbow Cay. Elbow Cay is home to Hope Town and Tahiti beach where we have been before and my family and I have spent vacation. Matt and I tied up at Seaspray Marina and rented a golf cart and headed for town. It takes a few close calls before you get comfortable driving on the wrong side of the road. We made it safely to Hope Town and parked in the local parking lot by the public dock and walked through town. As we were walking by the baseball/soccer fields we ran into an old buddy, David Campbell. I knew David when he was in middle school and now he has grown up and is trying ... read more

So after an early (10am) flight out of Wilmington on Tuesday, and some delays in Ft Lauderdale, I made it. Capt'n Hank was waiting with roses (actually a cabbie named Rosie) and we drove back in the rain to get some dinner and a few drinks at Abaco Beach Resort. The weather didn't allow us to cruise about, so we stayed docked up to find activities on the island. We grabbed some breakfast, explored the resort for a bit and then called a cab to run some errands. Loading up on food, liquid beverages, and only the essential supplies we headed back to the boat eat and make an honest effort at whipping ourselves into shape, at the local 'gym' including a stairstepper(TM), a treadmill, and a few dumbbells. Not deterred by Captn's doubtfulness I cracked ... read more

We spent the night at Gauna Cay. I walked to Nippers Sunday night and it looked MTV Spring Break, 200 plus people packed in this tiny beach bar over looking the beautiful beach. i didn't get a chance to take pictures because i was so overtaken by the sights. we will return to the sunday pig picking at Nippers and pictures will soon follow. Mike and i spent Sunday night wandering around looking for trouble and wound up at Grabbers. Great Guana is definately a grown up place so when Carr (Mike and Bridgett's son) isn't with us. We packed up Monday lunch time and headed back to Tahiti beach and i snuck off for a snorkel. here are pictures and videos. Matt flies in tomorrow and i think we are going to have to hunker ... read more

I have a new job and it is taking me to the Bahamas for the winter. It is going to be tough running a boat in the bahamas all winter but someone has to do it. The first order of business i getting the boat to the islands. On tuesday we left Carolina Beach before sun up and headed out to sea. We made it to Charleston SC by lunch time, we had alligator tail and cheeseburgers from Salty Mikes. We fueled up and headed out and made it to Hilton Head that evening. We had a great dinner at the Crab Shack and we crashed out before nine! We woke up and got underway before sunrise and made it to St. Agustine for lunch and we fueled up and headed out for Cape Canaveral, Fl. ... read more

We returned to the Abacos in May, the northernmost group of islands in the Bahamas, and stayed there for over a month. We had a great time revisiting this area, re-uniting with old friends (and their dogs) while cruising around to our favorite anchorages and beach bars. Of course we took the opportunity to explore some new islands and watering holes as well. We had family fly in and visit us there- which was great to share the cruising life with them. And we filled our days with kayaking, snorkeling, and taking Kona to the beach. All in all our time in the Abacos went by too quickly and before we knew it the cruising season was coming to a close. The days were getting filled with thunderstorms and unpredictable weather, not to mention that hurricane ... read more