While anchored at Cambridge Cay, our weather forecasting models showed bad weather was coming, so we moved to a mooring ball to ride out the storm. Here is a picture of S/V Mahi, taken by Bruce McWhirter, M/Y Felix. This is the first time to grab a mooring ball on our trip. While waiting for…
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Sea Aquarium
Heading to our next anchoring spot at Cambridge Cay, we had a lovely beam reach along the Exuma Bank, where you become used to sailing in 8-20 feet of water. That is just how the Exumas are. You quickly overcome your fear of running aground, so long as you pay attention to your charts. For…
Arrived to the Exumas!
Dawn found us leaving Rock Sound, Eleuthra, and heading across the deep blue Exuma Sound for the Exumas. Wind was up, which is a good thing for a sailboat. Only issue was the wind direction was not favorable for our plan to head towards Highbourne Cay, so instead, we headed south for Warderick Wells and…
Rock Sound
Rock Sound is a lovely Bahamian Settlement. It has good cruising restaurants, a delightful blue hole, local artisan store, and an excellent provisioning grocery store next to the hardware store. The map I borrowed from a website and it gives you a good overview of the places on Eleuthra I have written about. Spanish Wells…
Alabaster Bay
The winds shifted southwesterly, causing us to move Mahi south along the island of Eleuthra to seek a better anchorage for the new conditions. We found Alabaster Bay (formerly Receiver Bay when the United States had a naval presence here) to be another tranquil place to anchor- a very large bay with James Cistern Cay…
Wifi Coverage & Rainbow Cay
The only problem (well, if you can call it that) with extended travel to remote, tropical places, you find it difficult to write and upload blog posts. I posted the last few with my cell phone, but even finding adequate cell coverage in the Bahamas can be a challenge. Many nights saw me standing at…
Eleuthera- Meek Patch to Hatchet Bay
Since leaving Spanish Wells, we have spent the last week or two at anchor in Eleuthera. It is stunning wherever we go. Internet happens to be nonexistent, so will share some iPhone photos with you and hope they are uploaded through cell phone data. First anchor stop- Meek Patch. here is our beautiful sunset: Our…
Pink Sand Beach
Earlier this week, we boarded a ferry to travel along the challenging Devil’s Backbone sea route to visit Harbour Island in Northern Eleuthra. The goal? To see the beautiful pink sand beaches along the Atlantic shore. The sands were indeed a faint pink color. I did take a close up image of the sands to…
Spanish Wells
Our first stop in Eleuthra is Spanish Wells, a beautiful settlement filled with descendants of Eleutheran Adventurers and English loyalists during the American Revolutionary War. This is a clean, friendly and picturesque island, filled with colorful, freshly painted houses and beautiful gardens. Crime is non-existent. Golf carts fill the street as the primary form of…
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Overnight Sail to Eleuthra
After an overnight sail to Eleuthra, we anchored in the lee of Russel Island, waiting for a slip at Spanish Wells Yacht Haven in order to make some repairs. During the night, we had a water leak on the fresh water side, losing about 100 gallons into the bilge. Worse yet, we discovered a valve…
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