Blogs from Exuma, Bahamas, Central America Caribbean - page 8

Quel romantisme, passer la saint valentin sur une ïle déserte! De belles retrouvailles avec nos amis du voilier Island Girls À Conceptions Island et le voilier Alto pour fêter la Saint Valentin. Conceptions Island est une île déserte, situé au Nord Est de Long Island. Une navigation en mer de 20 miles nautiques. Cette île est reconnue pour son chapelet d’immenses coraux du coté de l’Atlantique. La plongée en apnée y est extraordinaire. Toute une expérience! Au Sud de l’île des mangroves abritent une communauté de tortue. On peut les apercevoir au travers de l’eau. Elles se déplacent très vite quand elles nous aperçoivent et il est difficile de les photographier. Mais il est possible de très bien les voir à travers la transparence de l’eau turquoise. Nous sommes restés trois jours à Conceptions Island pour ... read more

The Bahamas - Winter 2009 We arrived in Georgetown a week before our daughter Julie and her fiancé Dan were due to fly in. Everyone out cruising cautions to never set arrival deadlines but in order to enjoy visits from family and friends it is necessary to be in a certain place at a certain time. Luckily the weather cooperated and we were able to sail in before their arrival date. This extra week gave us a chance to catch up with other cruising friends we met last year in the Bahamas. There were already about 55 boats anchored in Georgetown harbor. We quickly settled into our normal routine of waking up at 06:30, turning on the single sideband radio and listening to the weather forecast given by Chris Parker at the Caribbean Weather Center. Then ... read more

After New Years, we said goodbye to our kids, as they headed back home to work and the cold weather. We will miss them, but for sure won’t miss the weather. So far this winter the weather has been very very nice down here. Steven, Dawn, Paul and Ella, all seemed to enjoy things here in “Club Georgetown” and Miss Ella, got right into the beach life. We spent a few days, cleaning and putting our boat stuff back where it usually is. Six people and baby luggage on our boat makes it a little tight so we had moved things around to accommodate everyone. Without any more company coming for awhile we decided to head further south, to Long Island, the Jumentos Cays, and possibly even Cuba. One little glitch was that our refrigeration was ... read more

Enfin ! Nous revoilà dans les Bahamas pour 1 mois! À l’approche de Nassau, on s’est empressés à contempler le bleu de la mer à travers l’hublot de l’avion. Wow ! Que c’est beau les Bahamas! Une fois atterri à Nassau, nous avons attendu à l’aéroport Danielle et Jacques de Coral Beauty qui arrivait une heure plus tard que nous. Une fois descendu de leur avion on s’empresse à sauter dans un taxi pour aller à bord de leur bateau qui est amarré à quai. On fait quelques courses à l’épicerie et hop on part le plus tôt possible vers notre endroit de paradis; Pipe Creek. Après 1 heure de navigation, on s’arrête dans le Yellow Bank dans le milieu de nulle part pour aller taquiné la langouste. À notre grande joie, nous avons sorti 3 ... read more

The Bahamas - On To the Exumas We arrived in Lucaya, Grand Bahama Island, on the afternoon of Friday November 28th after a 25 hour sail from Vero Beach, Fl. The trip was mostly uneventful with light winds and calms. Not a bad way to make a Gulf Stream crossing. We checked into the Grand Bahama Yacht Club, a fancy marina in Lucaya. From there it is easy to clear Bahama Customs and Immigration. Next, we decided to spend a couple days there waiting out a predicted strong storm system which was to pass during the next two days. On Monday morning we left along with four other boats all headed south and east toward the Exumas. Our planned destination for the night was Great Harbor bay some 65 miles to the East. The weather prediction ... read more