March 14, 2021 we finally left Great Inagua after spending more time there than we wanted. The prediction was for 5 foot seas and moderate winds. But no, we had 8 foot seas and 30 knot winds, making for a lively sail to say the least! But as the sun set, the winds became milder …
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March 5, 2020 we arrived in the anchorage outside of Matthew Town. This was to be our port of entry into the Bahamas. We dropped our anchor at around 7:30 in the morning. The seas had been minimal during the last of our passage but were picking up as we dropped our anchor. We had …
March 3, 2021 at 6:30 a.m., we backed out of our spot in the marina and headed out of the beautiful harbor of Port Antonio, Jamaica. In a matter of hours we would be out of Jamaican territorial waters. We aimed Slow Dancer toward Cuba and Haiti and pulled the sails. Wednesday was a beautiful …
March 1, we made the decision that the weather through the Windward Passage would be good for a trip north to the Bahamas! We would leave on Wednesday, the 3rd. We had much to do to both leave Jamaica as well as prepare to enter a new country. First thing of importance was to schedule …
February 21, we arrived in Port Antonio after a calm day at sea. We motored through the beautiful entrance channel and docked at the Errol Flynn Marina. After 2 months at anchor we were attached to a dock for a few days. It was great to just walk off the boat onto shore, no dinghy …
On February 19, after 3 nights of anchoring in Ocho Rios, we were again on our way. We had spent our time looking around the town and waiting out a two day storm. Again we got an early start. We only had to cover 18 miles to Oracabessa and anchor in the small bay. The …
On February 14, 2021, we left our secure lagoon for the last time. We had spent the last week provisioning and saying goodbye to the many friends that we had made while on the west side of the island. Now it was time to wind our way out of the reefs and move toward the …
On January 26 we headed back to Bogue Lagoon. Our cousins, Cindi and Rick, were braving the new COVID restrictions and coming for a visit! We wove our way through the reefs and again anchored in the calm lagoon. Our plan was to pick our company up on January 29 and head back to Bloody …
On January 18, 2021, we decided to head south, partially out of curiosity and partly to get out of a north wind that was coming. We motored out of Bloody Bay and along Negril’s 7 mile beach. There is a beautiful lighthouse that sits at the southwest corner of Jamaica which we had seen on …
January 13, 2021 we wove our way out of Bogue Lagoon through the coral reefs and set sail for Bloody Bay, Negril. The legend of this bay is two fold. First, pirates are said to have sheltered in this beautiful bay and ambushed unsuspecting ships. Also there is the history of whale slaughter that happened …