Blogs from Bahamas, Central America Caribbean - page 55

Apparently I was wrong! Yes, I said it I was wrong, get over it. Red today and brown tomorrow served not to be true. Well kind of. I certainly was red after St. Maarten last voyage, and after two days it turned one Nubian colour of brown. It was an amazing tan. That is until the itching started. And you all know what that means - PEELING….. NOOOOOOOO! Regardless of how much moisturizer I caked on and let marinate my shoulders and upper back peeled - like a baked potatoe. It was actually really yucky. I now look like I have the Michael Jackson disease, and I am not happy one bit. So this cruise we are doing our 4 day voyage to Grand Turk and Bahamas. I am very excited because I have always ... read more

Our next stop was Georgetown, the mecca of sailors and often the southernmost point of travel in the Bahamas (and as it happens to be, the southernmost point for the Rum Runner this year as well). It is at the southern tip of the Exuma Chain and is the jumping off point for the Turks and Caicos as well as the Jumentos and Ragged Islands. Georgetown is actually in Elizabeth Harbor, which is an 8 mile long natural harbor between the islands of Great Exuma and Stocking Island. This area, often just referred to as Georgetown, is home of 400-500 boats during the cruising year- amazing! And there are several different anchorages to visit within Elizabeth Harbor, including Volleyball Beach, Sand Dollar Beach, Monument Hill, Fish Fry Village, Georgetown, etc. Our first night there we ... read more

The winds finally let up and the seas laid down, so we were able to go out of Cave Cay Cut and into the deep waters of the Exuma Sound to sail down towards Emerald Bay, our next stop. During the last month while we were traveling thru the Exumas other cruisers would tell us about the marina at Emerald Bay, the best kept secret of the Exumas. And we can see why. First off, it isn’t written up in any of the cruising guides nor even on the charts yet because it is so new. You have to hear about the place from other sailors and you have to get the GPS waypoints for the entrance by calling the marina. So we did just that. Emerald Bay is a new marina which is associated with ... read more

Hula Girls Gone Wild Central America Caribbean » Bahamas By Hula GirlApril 2nd 2007Straight Thuggin '07SPRING BREAK!!!! Hula girl traveled back to central america to have the best spring break ever! follow along her pictures to fnd out what she did...... read more

After leaving Staniel we sailed all of 5 miles to Black Point, a wonderful little settlement on Great Guana Cay. Before we got a chance to drop our anchor in this protected bay we heard on the vhf radio, “Rum Runner, Rum Runner, this is Enee Marie. Is that you guys coming into the anchorage?” It was our good friends Scott and Sue who were anchored out at Black Point. So we made plans to meet up with them for lunch at Lorraine’s Café later in the day. Lorraine’s Café is in the heart of town and is quite the cruisers hangout. We have never been to a place like it before- we loved it! First off Lorraine is one of the sweetest people we have ever met, with a heart of gold. She welcomes you ... read more