Bahamas

Another early morning start, we sailed from Long Island to Rum Cay. It is very rare to get good winds and pleasant seas together! We decided, with the South Western winds, we would anchor on Run Cays North Coast, rather than the populated South Coast.  Our Cruising Guide (Seaworthy Publications) […]

So where did I leave you off on the last blog.  Oh yes, the humans Sh***ing themselves. They got themselves anchored up amongst the shallow coral heads of Flamingo Bay, Rum Cay and now needed to get their anchor up, the boat turned round (in a tight circle) and find a […]

Weather forecast predicted one day of good winds for a long passage, so the humans jumped at the chance to move us further North to Cat Island. The speed obviously improved our fishing  luck! Then we lost our luck. As we came round the south-west point of Cat Island and into […]

We are sailing slowly north up the west coast of Cat Island. Very light winds dictate we do not get far each day, but we might as well enjoy it. We sailed out of New Bight, around the out lying reefs of Bonefish Point, and into the secluded Kelly Bay. […]

Still not much wind, so we are continuing up the shallow west coast of Cat Island at about 3 knots. We had heard about a cool cave 1/2 mile north of the anchorage at Ben Bluff.  We decided to head there. The sailing was slow, but at least it is […]

In very light winds we are still managing to slowly make our way North. We left the lovely long beach of Pigeon Cay, Cat Island, for the Little San Salvador. The slow downwind sailing was ‘steaming’ hot.  It even hurt to walk on the painted decks.  We were thankful when […]