2 months and 4 days after we left our marina in Palm Beach Gardens we are finally home. Before the flight we had one last Bahamian meal – cracked conch and Kalik. We boarded the 9 seater plane and left Staniel Cay airport right on time. The plane wasn’t full…
Tonight marks the first night we will no longer stay on the boat and it’s quite a surreal feeling. We have the delivery captain coming in the morning to take the boat back to Florida and we’re staying two nights on the island before heading back on Wednesday.
Today we checked out the second snorkeling location that we found on our scouting adventure last week. This spot didn’t have as much coral, sponges or sea fans…. but it had a ton of fish. Most of the fish are pretty small, and we always see the same types.
To all our loyal readers… we’re sorry we’ve been MIA the last couple days. We’ve been busy laying on the beach, so we haven’t had much to post. Over the last couple days we also finalized a new plan for getting home. To get home requires
One of us FINALLY convinced the other it was time to call a mechanic. He came out yesterday. tested the alternator and found an issue with it. He took it to an alternator repair shop and brought it back this afternoon… installed it… and it works! Now that we’re
S/V Database is our home on the water. She is a Westsail 32′ built in 1974 with a factory finished interior and a cutter rig. Our sail inventory consists of a jib, stays’l, two light air drifter type sails and a main with three reef points. We have
Our home in Nassau is the Nassau Yacht Haven. Today we walked down to the cruise ships. There were 5 ships in the port, so there were tons of people. Its definitely weird being in Nassau and not being on a cruise ship. We checked out the straw market and
We are planning to leave Bimini this morning around 10 AM and head to Nassau. There are 4 other sailboats here who have the same plan, so we’re all going together. The trip from Bimini to Nassau is about 110 nautical miles, so it will take us two days
Just a quick update – three other sailboats pulled in next to us in the past 24 hours and one of them asked a local for some conch and when he arrived to deliver it – he realized they didn’t know how to prepare or cook it. In keeping with the
After living on the boat for almost a month we’ve found quite a few differences from every day life at home. * Hitting your head happens daily. I’m surprised one of us hasn’t split our head open, or got a concussion. Splinters, bruises and cuts also happen just
We’re here! After not much sleep last night we got up at 11:30 PM, finished some last minute preparations and then were on our way. We left Miami at 12:56 AM and checked in at the Bimini Big Game Club at 10:30 AM. Everyone aboard was
While we’re in Miami we spent an afternoon at the Miami Museum of Science and Planetarium. We saw a Planetarium show, walked through the wildlife center and did just about all of the hands-on exhibits ( pictures in the album ). Braden also installed pressure water on the boat. Now I