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Cat Island
Our friends Michelle and Tony had Cat Island on their bucket list for a long time and invited us to check it out with them. Always up for an adventure we were happy to tag along. The only issue we had is that the forecast was calling for dead calm weather for multiple days, as…
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Cruising the Bahamas – The Exumas – Part 2
After spending two glorious days in Wardwick Wells we decided to move on to Staniel Key where we were having some boat parts sent by way of their partner airline, Makers Air. It was only 30 nautical miles and a beautiful day for a sail. Coming into Staniel Key was pretty shallow and we could…
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Cruising the Bahamas – The Exumas – Part 1
The Exuma chain of islands in the Bahamas are arguably the most popular part of the Bahamas, and certainly the most crowded. They are home to the pig beach, the Thunderbolt grotto and endless miles of sandy beaches and good snorkeling. We were excited to get there and set out from an anchorage near Spanish…
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Cruising the Bahamas – Eluethera Islands
Tony and MIchelle met us at the marina in Nassau and we all headed out together to go to Spanish Wells in the Eleuthera islands. We found a great anchorage near Spanish Wells, called Meek’s Patch and were able to do a lot of snorkeling, paddle boarding and swimming there. There was a lot of…
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Cruising the Bahamas – Berry Islands
In late January, my niece Katrina and her partner flew into Nassau to spend a week with us on the boat. We made the plan months before when we thought it would be absolutely no issue to meet them there by then. As time went by and our crossing to the Bahamas was delayed several…
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Sailing to the Bahamas
While we were in Gulfport Florida we had a lot of time to think about our plans to sail south. We realized that the sail plan had a lot of overnights in it and we weren’t sure that we felt up to doing all of them on our own. Luckily our friend Don, who we…
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Sailing to Florida’s West Coast
On November 19th, 11 days after arriving in Mobile Bay, we were ready to set out for the west coast of Florida. We were excited to be able to sail after being a power boat for so long on the river system! Despite less than perfect conditions we motor sailed across Mobile Bay the 46…
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The Inland River System Part Three – Kentucky Lake Kentucky to Mobile Alabama
Leaving Pebble Isle marina was a little sketchy. We ran aground, or more accurately just stopped moving as we were creeping forward and we had to back up and search for deeper water. We were very relieved to get out and keep on moving down the river. We found some really beautiful anchorages in this…
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The Inland River System Part Two – Alton Illinois to Kentucky Lake Kentucky
In Alton Illinois, which is across the river from St Louis we took a break for about a week. During that time we rented a car with some new friends and visited St Louis and the Cahokia mounds state park. The mounds were amazing! It is the site of the largest Native American city north…
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The Inland River System Part One – Illinois River to the Mississippi
To begin our 1300 mile trip from Chicago to Mobile Bay in the Gulf of Mexico we had to first get through the Chicago lock and the actual city of Chicago. We left our rolly polly mooring ball in Munroe Harbour at about 7AM, not able to stand the nauseating waves any longer. The lock…