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Warderwick Wells
Balls On the 17th December, we motored in light winds to Warderick Wells - a name that conjures up images of an aristocracy, or a character out of Blackadder. Like Shroud Cay, this forms part of the Exumas Park. Unlike Shroud Cay, however, there aren't that many...
Norman’s Cay to Shroud Cay
MacDuffs It's been hard for us to decide where to visit on our trip down the Exumas. There's too much choice. Many of the anchorages are just a place to anchor and watch the world go by or plop yourself in the water to do a bit of snorkelling. This is a nice problem...
Rock Sound to Exuma Cays
The Rock Sound Exodus On 14th December at 0830, Lady Jane led the departure of boats from Rock Sound headed to the Exumas. More than half the fleet left that day: Lady Jane and Tropic Bird. Tides sprint in the shallow waters around Rock Sound, which made for slow...
Governors Harbour to Rock Sound
Governors Harbour On Wednesday 12th December, we squeezed out of Hatchet Bay and headed towards Rock Sound at the south of Eleuthera. We estimated a sail of around six hours - and it would have been if the wind hadn't veered round towards the south. We didn't fancy a...
Eleuthera
Current Cut to Hatchet Bay The next morning we headed towards Current Cut, a small pass that gives access to the southern part of Eleuthera. The trick here is to get to the cut around high water to avoid the strong currents. But, with no tide table specifically for...
Spanish Wells
From Abacos to Eluthera After a few hours, the wind increased enough for us to sail until 10 miles from the tip of Eleuthera where our speed dropped to less than three knots. So, as we didn't fancy arriving before dark, we switched the engine back on and motored the...
Another Little Harbour
Windward to Little Harbour The wind would have been perfect for sailing - if heading in the opposite direction. The entire journey to Little Harbour was almost dead into wind. Fortunately, though, it was mercifully light. So, it wasn't the bow thumping, crew-soaking,...
Treasure Cay to Hope Town
Treasure Cay With forecasters promising two days of blustery weather, we decided to ride out the wind on a mooring ball at Treasure Cay. This proved to be a good move. When the predicted front arrived, things got feisty even in the shelter of Treasure Cay Marina. In...
Piggyville
Pigging Out At No Name Cay The Exumas Staniel Cay (long famous for its swimming pigs) has some competition. No Name Cay, just south of Green Turtle, is home to a small collection of feral pigs living on a section of the beach, locally known as Piggyville. And, as it's...
Goodbye America – Hello Bahamas
Farewell South Carolina At 1030 on Friday 16th November, the wind dropped enough for us to leave our berth without incident. And we even managed to get in and out of the fuel berth without causing distress to ourselves or others. Then, with Lady Jane topped up with...
Charleston
Minim Creek - Minimum Visibility The fog's ghostly presence hung over us for two hours after leaving Minim Creek to get to Charlestown. Visibility was down to around 100 metres, so we kept ears open and a close eye on the radar screen for anything that might be...
Out Of The Harbour And Into The Frying Pan Shoals
Day Trip To Beaufort Beaufort is an undeniably pretty place. And its proud pristine buildings, rocking chairs on the porches and friendly people combine to serve up Southern charm in spades. Almost the whole town forms part of Beaufort history. And there's a large...
Down the ICW
Dismal Swamp The route to the Dismal Swamp Canal passes through the metallic landscape of Norfolk, VA. This is home of much of the US Navy, and most coal carriers judging by the mountains of coal at the side of the river. This isn’t the prettiest of places to sail...
Salty Dawgers In Hampton
Something Fishy's Ponging On As dawn arrived in Annapolis on Thursday 25th October, we let go our mooring lines, motored out of the harbour and turned right towards Hampton, Virginia. The wind behind giving us a welcome boost to get to Hampton before late afternoon on...
Lady Jane Goes To Washington
An Officer And A Gentleman We picked up a mooring ball in Annapolis, just opposite the United States Naval Academy. The academy happens to be open to the public if you have ID and don't set off the security scanner. So, given that we were only a throw of the monkey's...
Guns, Boarding and 37 Knots Of Wind
Boarded in the East River Thursday presented the perfect opportunity to get out of Port Washington and down to Delaware Bay. So, at 0800 on 18th October, we slipped the lines from our mooring ball and headed off in light winds towards Manhattan. Everything was going...
Tanked Up In Bristol and New York
Shiny New Tank The guys at Luther’s Welding did a fantastic job of making the tank - it’s a work of shiny aluminium art. And they made a pair of stainless steel brackets and donated some aluminium bar so that we could install more solar panels (we bought three more...
Maine By Land Air and Sea
Sail Up To Maine - It’s Lovely Up There A few of our sailing buddies listened to our salty forebears, did just that, and enjoyed the secluded anchorages and stunning scenery that Maine has to offer. Mind you, one or two made a hasty retreat after discovering that the...
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