Taua’s return was a wonderful sight for us. Nicole was nearly beside herself, she was so happy. Unfortunately for Taua they had steering trouble, which was the reason for their sudden reappearance. On the positive note Boyd was able to help identify the problem. They were able to order a part and receive it in…

Well it had to happen eventually and today’s the day. Taua, the boat with Nicole’s friend Claudia on it left the marina. It’s been a sad day aboard Passages as Nicole’s 10 year old friend Claudia left the dock headed for the Exumas. We can’t go with them because our part still hasn’t come in…

Marsh Harbor is full of “two blender” boats. Oh, you don’t know this term, two-blender boat; well it’s probably because it’s a faithism. It’s an old category of boats that have been seen and recognized by many other boaters for many years but have been previously under identified. Two blender boats are often powerboats but…

Today as we were leaving our little slice of paradise (okay not ours exactly) but we get to look at it and dingy to it and swim from it (and move pianos onto it) we were all very sad. The weather however, has decided to become crazy windy tomorrow. Our little cove at Manjack has…

The rhythm of life has been different since we arrived in the Bahamas. For the last 3 months, while making our way down the coast and through the ICW, and for the 14 months before that working incessantly to try to get this to all come together we have been at a frenetic pace. Days…

Honestly not much time has gone by since we arrived in the Bahamas, less than a week actually but I’ve been pestering the guys to get me some local fish or lobsters pretty much constantly. Today Paul was invited to go “lobstering” with one of the semi-permanent cruisers. Their boat is Jazz, a 28 ft…

Back to Manjack, remember Manjack? The little harbor with just a couple of houses that we were nearly forced to stay at before we got in to Green Turtle Cay. Well today Paul announced “I’d be fine if we stayed here a month”. Actually we’ve been here 3 days already and no one seems to feel…

We finally made it to Green Turtle Cay and through some rather fancy maneuvering on Boyd’s part got both into White Sound, onto a mooring and then eventually into a slip, quite a story in itself but not one for now. Since you aren’t here looking at the charts I should probably clarify. Initially the…

For nearly 1700 nautical miles we have heard this kind sentiment from almost everyone we know and many people we only barely know. Today we lived it. On the trip from Great Sale Cay to Green Turtle Cay we really had Fair winds, which for our boat is somewhere between 15 and 25 knots. Once…

For the fourth or fifth time I find myself telling Nicole, there is no ICW to the Bahamas, honey. We have made it to Vero Beach and the next real stop is Lake Worth where we plan to jump across to The Bahamas. Nicole is beginning to express regular concern about “going outside” as anything…