Every Sunday Nipper’s, on Great Guana Cay, has become famous for their pig roast and I wanted to try it. The only problem was I in Green Turtle Cay still…
Thanksgiving in the Bahamas! Do they celebrate it here? The answer is no….and yes. It is not a Bahamas holiday, but the Americans still celebrate it and I had a…
The air is more fragrant, the water is clearer, and the sand is brighter…I must be back in the Bahamas!!!! But how did I get here? Since the Gulf Stream…
I spent the entire week hanging out in the north part of Lake Worth, which is in North Palm Beach. There is a dinghy landing a quarter of a mile…
November 1st is the day my insurance says I can start heading south due to the hurricane season ending in 30 days and the likelihood of a storm is greatly…
I arrived back to the boat on Monday night and the rest of the week was spent doing “dirty” work like painting the rudder post joint to help prevent the…
After spending the first half of the week changing the oil, replacing some rotten wood under the hot water heater, and taking care of rust on the rudder post (I…
Yesterday the marina I am staying at had a nautical flea market, which was perfect since I had just gone through my entire boat and was ready to get rid…
First, I would like to say happy birthday to my middle brother Aaron!!! Second, West Marine rocks!!! They are a national chain, so I have been able to buy something…
Right now I am waiting to have the cassette (set of gears) replaced on my bicycle because two sprockets are broken, I’m also waiting for my friend because I want…
So on Tuesday I got the monthly dockage invoice and it said I used 776 kilowatt hours in the last 30 days and owed $125 in electrical charges. Of course…
I am happy to be BACK ON THE BOAT!!!!! During my last week in Dallas I spent the time getting my USCG application ready, taking care of other paperwork, and…
Damon and his dad Don drove me half way to College Station after church, where we met Joel, who works at Texas A&M University, for lunch. Afterwards, I went with…
I spent the entire week working on my USCG captain license. I would love to say it was all spent on studying for my upcoming exam, but the truth is…
I have continued to study for the upcoming USGS captain test (which is Aug 30th). I studied the first half of the week in Denver, where I felt like jeans…
As you may have noticed I missed last week’s blog, so I will be doing a quick two week update. The first part of last week was spent sending off…
My nieces and nephew were picked up by another grandparent on Saturday. He also brought the other two with him. It was great seeing both of them; I just wish…
The last few days of my trip to Colorado were great. I took a drive up Lookout Mountain with Jamie in the convertible, stick shift, mini Cooper I was allowed…
I started the week off with my cousins Andrea and Allison along with their husbands Mike and Brandon. We had lunch and hung out for a few days. On Tuesday…
I had a blast in Missouri this week. As soon as my parents and I showed up at my aunt’s we were shooting off fireworks (and they got some good…
This is going to sound strange on a sailing blog, but I am writing this entry in a car driving to the middle of Missouri with my parents to visit…
This week started with me in the Bahamas and ending with me in the United States. On Sunday Paul, Nancy, & I hung out at the fantastic Old Bahama Bay…
This week started with Paul and I reattaching my galley sink, which had come loose. Once this project was completed we moved to Slaughter Harbor (nice weather anchorage only) between…
We spent this week relaxing in the Berry Islands. As you read at the end of last week we spent a couple of days anchored off of Chub Cay. This…
This week was spent exploring Andros, which is the largest Bahamian island and one of the least populated. We started off by sailing 40 miles south southwest from New Providence…
This week started with us at Harbor Island. The island is a very popular tourist spot and I pulled the bikes out so Michael and I could follow a map…
Traveling the day before wiped Michael out, so he slept in on Sunday. By 10am I got antsy, so I pulled up the anchor and set the jib without using…
I started this week in Rock Sound, Eleuthera waiting for some unsettled, rainy weather to pass, so I removed the temporary boost pump I installed on the water maker. I…
The highlight of this week was seeing the third item I put on my “must see” list before I left on this trip…The Hermitage on Cat Island. Father Jerome (1876-1956)…
If you remember from last week my dinghy broke down at the Rum Cay salt pond entrance (3 miles away from my anchorage at Port Nelson), so after church Ted…