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…
Rusty and Linda wanted to watch the Super Bowl at Staniel Cay since they had friends on two boats that were going to be there from the north. It turns…
Have I got an ending to this week for you, but you have to hear the early part of the week first. Rusty & Linda, still from Sea Yawl Later,…
After the front came through last Sunday I picked up anchor and high tailed it to Black Point in order to attend church there. It was quite enjoyable and I…
Well here we are at the end of another week. I am anchored in between Big and Little Major Spot waiting for a front to pass tonight. This anchorage is…
This was a great week. To finish off my visit of Normans I snorkeled the plane and went to a small cave, which was littered with conch shells. I headed…
On Sunday the Fosters and I hung out at Rose Island and went to the beach, snorkeled the reefs, and explored with the dinghy. We headed back to Nassau around…
This week Rachel (the 14 year old daughter of Jim & Bluie) has agreed, with a bit of persuading :), to write the weekly blog. I will add comments as…
This week I thought I would let Bluie Foster (the mom of the family who is sailing with me this week and next) provide a recap of our activities. Hey! …
I snuck into Miami before a strong cold front hit the area. I dropped my anchor on the south side of the Venetian Causeway between Di Lido and Riva Alto…
On Sunday I met a representative of the Seven Seas Sailing Association in order to pick up boxes of books donated for schools in The Bahamas. I originally stated I…
The constant chop at the exposed anchorage in Titusville was starting to get on my nerve, but I had to wait until a battery temperature sensor arrived. On Thursday I…
After church (and a healthy breakfast of donuts) Dad and I went to NASA for the day. He had taken me when I was 8-10 so it was fun to…
On Sunday we all slept in and relaxed until my dad and I went to church. After that we walked around St Mary’s and Lennie found a washer and dryer…
On Sunday we all milled around until noon. At that time Mark said his goodbyes and we headed offshore for an overnight to Charleston. We started with 20-25 knots from…
We left Manteo on Halloween morning and headed for Oakracoke, but the winds were a bit too much on the nose, so instead of a southwest route we went westward…
We rented a car and picked my dad up from the airport. On Tuesday we went to the historic triangle and saw Jamestown (the first permanent English settlement), Williamsburg (preserved…
This week I finished up my annual haul out and I think it was successful (although expensive). I had the bottom scraped and painted, the sail drives serviced, replaced three…
For the last two weeks I have been hanging out with the other boats in my anchorage in Spa Creek. This is a great place as it is in the…
On Sunday I decided to bike 14 miles round trip in order to see Lucy the Elephant. This is a six story building built in 1881. It was a fun…
New York was amazing, but we had to work around rainy weather the whole time. On Sunday we motored through Hell’s Gate with the current and had great views of…