May 2, 2021
We had a 25 hour trip from Chub Cay to Fort Pierce starting Saturday morning around 8:30 am. Beautiful sailing till about 1 pm when the skies darkened and rain was all around us. We were fortunate and only had showers for a brief time. However, the wind was crazy, right on our nose with gusts to 25,...
Chub Cay
On the last leg of our wonderful 8 week journey. We are staying at the Chub Cay Marina - beautiful infinity edge pool, pristine beach, first-class restaurant, a great way to spend the last few days. We've anchored nearly the entire trip (except in Fort Lauderdale and Bimini, both at the very start),...
Exuma Land and Sea Park, National Trust
Monday, April 19 - sailed to the southern edge of the Exuma Land and Sea Park, a 25 mile chain of islands within which fishing/hunting are prohibited, there's no trash disposal, no restaurants, etc. There are a few privately owned islands, Johnny Depp has one close to where we are now. In 1958 a gro...
Thunderball Grotto
April 18 We're now near Staniel Cay in the Exumas. We are anchored within eyesight of the famous Exuma pigs - pigs who live on an uninhabited island and have become a tourist attraction. Boats from resorts on Nassau and George Town arrive throughout the day for a 15 minute visit. Cameras out, pigs b...
Shark!
Today we snorkeled at a spot identified on the Explorer Chart as a Coral Reef Study area. It was quite impressive - many kinds of coral (brain, lettuce, fan, needle and mushroom coral), lots of fish -blue, purple, yellow, green, silver, black & white, one turtle, a huge lobster and a SHARK! We had o...
Swimming hole
The swimming hole in the photos is outside a cave which is full of water on the northwestern tip of Norman's Pond Cay. We arrived at high tide with only snorkel and fins. Mike explored a bit underneath the entrance, I simply swam in the outdoor pool! He said it was dark and murky. Next time around h...
Cruising in the Bahamas - simply beautiful!
We left Port Everglades (Fort Lauderdale) at first light on Sunday, March 14. It's now Wednesday, March 31, I will post a few photos rather than try to capture what we've done in the two + weeks (as we know, a picture is worth a thousand words!). Lots of swimming, snorkeling, hiking, water aerobics,...