Blogs from Bahamas, Central America Caribbean - page 9

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: 23.5182, -75.7565uploaded these ones in haste. Birthday pics first...then a bunch of others. Will fix them later!!! :)... read more

Geo: 23.5182, -75.7565Dolphins and Stingray, Sea Planes and Helicopters! Oh my!Having fun at Stocking Island and in Georgetown now that the crowd of cruisers has cleared! May 29th, 2014 – Georgetown / Stocking Island…Take Two! Hello again from Georgetown (GGT)This is my 2nd time entering the Georgetown Harbour and Tony's 3rd time during this trip. Tony, of course spent a lot more time here while the boys visited in March. We've been here since last Thursday. Several of you did see our track entering the harbor from about Emerald Bay onward. Today, we moved from Stocking Island to the "town" side of the harbor to make it a shorter, drier, and easier dinghy ride when doing laundry and groceries. You should be able to see our track again today crossing the harbour. The tracking station is ... read more

Geo: 24.0978, -76.4048Last few days in Black Point and our Walking tour...here's what we found.Also, we received our part and Tony installed it with no difficulties. So we are now just wrapping things up here and enjoying the local people we've become friends with as much as possible before we move on.We've met another Canadian boat here. "Bliss II" has Rita and Dave on board, and we are heading in the same direction. It's a small world. They are from Northern Ontario and know my old boss, Ken, from Canadian Yacht Charters on Manitoulin Island!... read more