by Claudia and Jim | Jan 10, 2023 | Sailing
Brigitte Bardot used to skinny dip here. Right on this beach. Or maybe the one next to it. No one is quite sure. No one can remember. Bardot used to come to Great Harbour Cay when the island was the Next Great Destination in All the World when this tiny island in the...
by Claudia and Jim | Jan 7, 2023 | Sailing
When planning a sail to the Bahamas, cruisers put a great deal of effort into planning the Gulf Stream crossing. For good reason, of course. The distance is significant, often requiring an overnight sail, and that river of current sure makes route planning tricky. But...
by Claudia and Jim | Jan 5, 2023 | Sailing
Days before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s death, the civil rights activist spent time in Bimini, Bahamas. It was there where he would write his final speech. “Swim, eat, drink, work, read, talk, read, fish, fish, swim, drink, sleep.” That’s...
by Claudia and Jim | Jan 2, 2023 | Sailing
It was New Year’s Eve and we were ready to go. Our plan was to nap for a few hours at 8PM and leave at 1AM, but the adrenaline from the excitement got the best of us; we ended up staying up for the Miami fireworks. Not a bad tradeoff. At 1AM, we tossed the mooring...
by Claudia and Jim | Dec 28, 2022 | Sailing
If you think your professor from your hardest class is tough, try taking one from Mother Nature, the toughest of them all. She usually gives the test before the lesson. If she used a textbook, the page for sailors would include a line that says, “Never cross the Gulf...
by Claudia and Jim | Dec 26, 2022 | Sailing
Like it or not, Christmas is over and New Years is a few days away. We’ve reached the end the first part of our adventure; we’ve traveled the entire Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and we’re about to embark on an adventure to the Bahamas. Our journey...
