Once we were anchor down in Wrightsville Beach, we raised the yellow Q (quarantine) flag to signal that we were not yet cleared into the US, and Chris submitted our application on the Customs and Border Patrol ROAM app. We broke out the two Strongbacks I picked up in Marsh Harbour to celebrate our passage […]
If I told you I wasn’t terrified, I’d be lying. But there was no turning back. For better or worse, for the first time, it was just the two of us and Windara. In a way, it was massively freeing. We didn’t have to wait for crew to arrive, and we didn’t have to worry […]
Starting the journey north We headed over to Great Guana mid-week after fueling up. There was a storm forming to the north as we left that, thankfully, just missed us. Mike and Emma had headed over earlier and we met up at Grabbers for dinner. It’s crazy to me sometimes that this is just our […]
With a great deal of reluctance, we dropped the lines just after sunrise and said “so long” to our beloved Hope Town for the season. But part of me was happy to feel the deck move under my feet again. The wind was light so we just motored over to Man-O-War and dropped the hook […]
After Treasure, we sailed down to Man-o-War and spent a rolly day and night at anchor as the large offshore swell wrapped around both sides of the island. We thought we’d be protected but there was no escaping it, so after work we headed for the lee of Elbow Cay. We found a good spot […]
We were curious to finally visit Treasure Cay after having spent so much time in the Abacos and never having gotten there. We’d heard mixed reviews post-Dorian and were looking forward to forming our own opinion. We cautiously made our way in on a rising tide. The channel is narrow with obvious shoaling – charts […]
We left the anchorage at Egg Island with the sunrise along with a fleet of at least 6 other boats, which continued to grow throughout the day. The wind was right on the edge of where we’re willing to fly a spinnaker, and we later kicked ourselves for not rigging it. The wind started out […]
After making the run up from Hatchet Bay, we spent a rolly night at Meeks Patch and were really surprised at all the boats there. I suppose it’s that time of the season when Spanish Wells tends to fill up. We got a slip for the week at Spanish Wells Yacht Haven – between a […]
Congratulations to Cole Brauer on becoming the first American woman to sail solo, non-stop around the globe via the three great Capes and for her second place finish in the Global Solo Challenge! While this is so very loosely related to our journey, her journey deeply touched me and I wanted to share and celebrate […]
It was hard to leave Warderick Wells behind, but we were up with the dawn to depart as soon as the sun rose. We had a 50 nautical mile (as the crow flies) beat ahead of us, so an early start was key. We raised a reefed main in the channel where seas were lumpy […]