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 […]
It’s finally time to cast off the lines, and I’m sad that another incredible cruising season has come to a close. Spend enough time in a place, and it’s amazing how deeply it touches you, changes you, invites you to grow. Letting the lines slip is hard – you feel the pull of the place […]
We left Man-o-War pretty early in hopes of getting in some sailing before we dropped anchor to snorkel Mermaid Reef and wait for the tide to rise. We sailed about halfway there before deciding it would be better to just get fuel and get into our slip – the afternoon weather was forecast to deteriorate […]
Man-o-War was a favorite of ours last year, and I looked forward to seeing how the island had changed. As with everywhere else, there were far more boats, both at anchor and in the more protected inner mooring field. Marina reconstruction has progressed well, and it looks like they’ll be ready to start taking boats […]
In all our time in the Abacos this year and last, Great Guana was one of the places we didn’t really get to explore. We spent a day anchored in Fishers Bay and came over with Chris’s parents last year, but both visits were brief and we only got to see Nippers and Grabbers. We […]
We got up just before dawn so we could leave our beloved Hope Town before the tide got too low to leave and anchored outside. We dinghied back in to take one last walk on our beach and visit the farmers market (I scored some delicious-looking mango jam and we bought donuts that we really […]