The winds have been out of the south-east lately, so the humans got lots and lots of tacking practice. We anchored off a lovely little sandy beach and jumped into the kayaks for an explore. A well-marked short trail up from the beach led to a fresh water well. […]
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Shroud Cay is actually a group of cays and rocks between which lies an extensive marl of mangrove salina. There are ‘creeks’ that run through the mangroves and a few actually pass completely through to ‘windward’ beaches on the other side of the Cay. One of the rivers, just north […]
Now everyone is entitled to their opinion. But we would have to agree with the Guide Book for once. Hawksbill Cay is stunning. The beaches are beautiful, There is a small creek and mangrove system to explore and the hills are covered in rich vegetation. Amazingly we had the anchorage to […]
With company coming soon the humans keep moving us south. We spent another day tacking (moving the sails side to side of the boat) to make progress to the next Cay. I say ‘we’ but I leave the ‘hard work’ to the humans. With the ‘fresh’ winds we were anchored […]
One of my humans had a birthday coming up and he expressed an interest in some cracked conch and Guinness Foreign Extra. Both of which are more local fair so I sent them off to Black Point Settlement on Great Guana Cay. Of course I made them work for their […]
Well we are off to George Town. George Town is the ‘destination’ and turn around point for most cruisers, and a stop over and restocking station for the few carrying on. The Bahamian town is over 200 years old and was initially established in August of 1792. Since then it […]