Showing posts with label sailing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sailing. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 09, 2024

2023 Bahamas - What I learned

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 Someone during the trip told me that Bahamas comes from the Spanish phrase "Baja mar", shallow sea. And this trip definitely high...
Wednesday, January 03, 2024

2023 Bahamas - Nov 26th: Anna Cay to Man O'War Cay

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I got up at 5:30, cooked and ate a quick breakfast, and hurried to grab the paddleboard before the kids got hold of it. It turned out I didn...
Tuesday, January 02, 2024

2023 Bahamas Index Page

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 From November 18th to Nov 27th, we chartered a 42' Lagoon named Katja in the Abacos, Bahamas for an 8 day sailing cruise. It was our fi...
Friday, December 29, 2023

2023 Bahamas: Nov 25th - Lynyard Cay to Anna Cay

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  In the morning, the kids played Uber a couple of times while I swam and looked through the book. A snorkel spot named "Fish Hotel...
Wednesday, December 27, 2023

2023 Bahamas: November 24th Snake Cay to Lynyard Cay

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In the morning, while waiting for others to finish breakfast, I realized that the winds were calm enough that breaking out the paddleboard ...
Tuesday, December 26, 2023

2023 Bahamas: Nov 23rd Mermaid Reef Great Abacos to Snake Cay

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 I looked in the book and decided Snake Cay was worth a visit. Not only was it marked as having good snorkeling, the cruising guide also ha...
Friday, December 22, 2023

2023 Bahamas: Nov 22 Coco Bay, Green Turtle Cay to Mermaid Reef, Great Abaco Island

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 We woke up early again to make the crossing. The seas were calmer, enough so that we thought we could make another crack at Fowl Cay. Howev...
Friday, December 15, 2023

2023 Bahamas - Nov 19th: Conch Inn Marina to Baker's Bay, Great Guana Cay

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   Being jet-lagged and worn out from the red-eye flight, we woke up at the late hour of  7:00am. I made some coffee and ate a bagel, and th...
Tuesday, December 12, 2023

2023 Bahamas: Nov 18th Prologue

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 The thing with planning a trip a year ahead is that by the time you have to execute it you forgot how you ended up booking a place like Mar...
Wednesday, January 04, 2023

2022 Spanish Virgin Islands: Punta Arenas to Punta Del Rey Marina

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 Waking up pre-civil twilight, I did my morning routine, making coffee for everyone, including one last pancake for Boen. By first light, e...
Tuesday, January 03, 2023

2022 Spanish Virgin Islands: Bahia Isla Chiva to Punta Arena

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 We had a leisurely breakfast, turned on the engines, and raised the sail. With a tail wind behind us, we easily made 5 knots past the tip ...
Wednesday, December 28, 2022

2022 Spanish Virgin Islands: Esperanza to Bahia de Isla Chiva

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 I looked through the guidebook and realized that there was an anchorage we had bypassed on the way to Esperanza, which was Bahia de Isla Ch...