Let’s chat about the island now and what we saw there. During our stay at Ocean Reef we got to see much of Grand Bahama Island both on foot and by car thanks to our wonderful tour guides from Sylver Fox. The day that we rented the car we took full advantage of “having wheels” …
Nov 18/18 Welcome To The Land Of OZ Another early start . So early that it felt as though it was still last night. We wanted to leave the anchorage as early as possible because we knew that picking our way back through the shallow waters would not be easy unless it was high tide …
Nov 17/18 Bonds, Bonds Cay. Something happened last night. At some point in the night something almost miraculous took place – the humidity broke. We awoke to find that the heavy, uncomfortable, oppressive blanket of dense humidity had been lifted and now the air felt clean and fresh. We smiled. Everyone smiled. Breathe deeply, ahhhh …
Woke up on my own to find daylight. Tom never slept. He never really does until the second day. The good news is that the wind picked up but the bad news, it was right on our nose. We were actually being pushed back. We didn’t make it into Great Harbor Cay Marina until after …
We decided to leave West End for the Berries at 5 pm but only after doing one little thing that completely changed our entire thoughts on sailing, our emotional state of being, and our ability to stand the smell of each other and ourselves – we went for a swim. We were on our way …
Stupid rain, stupid noseeums, stupid lack of wind. Welcome to West End on Grand Bahama Island. Seems we both have a serious case of the Season Two Blues. Not sure if that is a real thing or not – if it isn’t then you heard it hear first. What do I mean? Everything we did …
Nov 8th and by 8:30 am we were pulling out of the marina on our way south. Two sailors suffering from exhaustion and one sailboat with a cluttered deck, no sails, and a serious 3 degree list to the port side under the weight of the giant batteries. Ah, situation normal for us, hahahaha. Clearly …
Wow. Wow! WOW!! The last week has been a little like being caught in the middle of a physical and emotional tornado and it isn’t quite over yet. Nov 5 We flew from Toronto to Tampa. Short uneventful. Just a happy, reasonably good-looking , couple from Canada flying to Florida with their luggage. Pretty much …