Georgetown, Bahamas to Luperon, DR

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April 7th 2011

Published: April 7th 2011

We left the Bahamas! On March 23rd we left the safe harbor of Georgetown with 2 other buddy boats, “Happy Times” and “Sea Yawl Later” for a 35 hour “cruise” to Betsy Bay, Mayaguana. This is an island in the eastern part of the Bahamas that we needed to get to in order to make our jump off for the Turks and Caicos. So what is a buddy boat you ask? It means different things to diff... Read Full Entry

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Bob & Janice Waller

s v Tsamaya

Like so many others we love to travel and we love to sail so cruising makes a lot of sense. Janice has retired from Cornell as a business manager and Bob has retired from South Seneca school district as the high school principal. It's time to sell the house, get rid of whatever doesn't fit on our 40 foot Caliber LRC named Tsamaya (this means Travel Well in Setswana) and set off to see the world. Our reasons for publishing this blog is twofold, first to keep in touch with our friends and family and secondly to share our experiences. If you would like to receive notification when we have added ... full info

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Tsamaya with sails up

Thanks to Rusty we got some great shots of Tsamaya with our sails up -thanks for the photo op!

Holding on for dear life

Sailor was not happy this day -we found her holding on for dear life to the slanting setee. Fran- please note the use of your pillow - thanks

Where should we be?

The chartplotter shows where we should be as well as where we really are based on the winds. Luckily we aren't too far off

The different colors of blue

We are finding it is getting easier and easier to recognize the different colors of blue

Bob got the camera

Bob got the camera for a change so got a photo of Janice for a change

The chefs

Johanna & Martin of Snowbird were very generous with their hard-earned mahi-mahi. They provided the fish & even did the cooking on board Tsamaya - thanks again for a lovely dinner

Zero to Cruising

Mike & Rebecca are new to cruising as their boat name implies, but they are quick learners and we have enjoyed their company

These beaches do exist

It looks like a commercial but these types of beaches really do exist!

Flotsam

The ocean side of Great Sand Cay had plenty of flotsam that had come ashore

Tar from Oil Spilled

We saw quite a large amount of tar left from oil that had been spilled into the ocean - not a pretty sight

View at Great Sand Cay

The building covered what had been a cistern used when the lighthouse had been operational in the past

Two sides of the island

We were anchored in the calm waters to the right but had to sail into the "wilder" seas on the left soon

Shells on the seashore

Great Sand Cay had lots of shells and pieces of coral on the beach

Sunrise

The colors in the sunrise were irresistable for picture taking

More of the same sunrise

It is amazing to see how the sunrise unfolds within minutes

Are those mountains we see?

After the flat landfall in the Bahamas it was great to see the mountains of the Dominican Republic

Our first night out in the DR

Johanna & Martin of Snowbird joined us for a first night out in the DR listening to music and having dinner

2nd November 2011

vanesssa
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thats my school
hi i love my school it i the best come one and vist my name vanessa eliance grde 5 my teacher name mrs dorsett roberst

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