After a few hops down the coast, and seeing a rocket launch offshore from Cape Canaveral, we have two words to live by now: Weather Window. That’s weather for allowing us across the Gulf Stream. Any wind containing a northerly component is a no-no, as folks from our home town of Newburyport will attest that …
Tag: Bahamas
Bahamian Rendezvous
As read in a prior post about the beautiful Ragged Islands, we have found more than a few fantastic islands in the incredibly clear but shallow Bahamian waters. But wait… there’s more! Tropical Conch Salad, made fresh at beachside, Stocking Island, Exumas. We (too soon) departed the Raggeds bound for Thompson Bay, via the Comber …
Taste of Ragged Beauty
Fayaway’s course from Puerto Rico to The Ragged Islands. We do not associate the idea of antiquity with the ocean, nor wonder how it looked a thousand years ago, as we do of the land, for it was equally wild and unfathomable always. Henry David Thoreau We “cleared out” of Puerto Real on a Wednesday …
Catching Fish (not) And Finale (for now)
I forgot a few other juicy tidbits relating to our last post while traversing Bahamian waters. Two notable memories - aside from the incredibly clear water and raucous sea conditions, again due to remainders of T.S. Arthur. We sailed (not only motored) most of the way, making decent speed toward Freeport, the final Bahamian exit …
SV Fayaway 