The Annaberg Sugar Mill is the most famous site on the entire island of St John. It was a state of the art sugar production factory built at the very…
Hassel Island is owned by the NPS and use to be attached to St Thomas and forms the western side of the main harbor. As you can see in thefirst…
On Sunday I met a couple renting a condo on St Thomas for two weeks and wanted to have a day snorkeling sites they could not reach from the shore. …
Joel and I have been overwhelmed with the amount of wildlife here in the Virgin Islands. When we were in St John we walked from Francis Bay to the Annaberg…
When Joel talked about coming out my original plan was tospend a week or so exploring the Turks Island group with him and then making a passage to the Virgin…
This week started off by having a visit from Santa. Later Mike and Kay from Finisterre joined Joel and I for Christmas dinner. Growing up, one of Joel’s favorite meals…
This week I hung out in Sapodilla Bay (see 1st photo) while the winds blew out of the east at 20-25. I had a relaxing time while I climbed Sapodilla…
I left Rum Cay on Sunday at 8pm with the idea to sail a close reach in 10-15 knot ENE wind to Samana Cay and arrive at 10am-noon and have…
Because she might worry about Monday when I left Abacos and headed south. The forecast called for 15-20 knots of wind, so I got up, put a reef in the…
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…
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’s blog written by Nancy Williams. Paul & I arrived on the S/V Guiding Light in the Atlantis Marina late in the afternoon. Shane was not onboard. He was…
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…
I am very excited to let everyone know I uploaded the first two episodes of “Aboard the Guiding Light”. These are 4-7 minute travel videos I will be releasing every…
Hi, my name is Michael, and I live in Loveland Colorado. I boarded Guiding Light on April 8 and Shane offered to let me write the week’s worth of our…
This week Michael and I toured the Jumentos and Ragged Island chain. We did not leave until Tuesday, because of the front I mentioned last week. Before we left we…
This week was a slow week waiting for my new Honda 2000 generator. It has taken longer than expected to get it, but as of Friday it is now on…
Last week I left you knowing Eric, Marilyn, and I sailed to Long Island. It turned out to be my favorite island so far, because of all the sights. On…
I spent most of this week in George Town. This is the hub of cruising in the lower Bahamas. Right now there are between 275 and 350 boat in the…
Ok everyone, this week was about hanging out in the best community in the Bahamas (in my limited opinion), BLACK POINT. As I said last week the Texas Navy moved…