2019-04-14 I am sitting here in the harbor at Sapodilla Bay, Providencials (Provo) in the Turks & Caicos Islands (TCI). I have been here for close to two weeks now as I wait for some parts to get my engine back into shape. I made it down here from the Bahamas and as the engine…
Passage to Sapodilla Bay, Turks & Caicos
An overnight sail from Mayaguana to Turks & Caicos, navigating Sandbore Cut and ongoing fuel supply issues on diesel.
A long three days to Mayaguana
I left Calabash Bay at 7:00 am and headed North around Cape St. Mary on my way to Rum Cay for another short run. The day was beautiful with sunshine and again, light winds coming slightly against me so I motored.I accomplished a couple of goals during the journey to Rum Cay. One was to…
To Calabash
After seven weeks of fun and boat projects in Georgetown, I am finally on my way to my next destination(s). The time in GT was great. There is a wonderful cruiser community and this time of year there are a couple hundred boats in the harbor at any time, many coming or going every day….
Ready to leave Georgetown… Almost.
I am finally approaching the point where I’ll be ready to leave Georgetown and start heading south to Turks & Caicos and the DR. Invariably, I keep finding last minute chores and projects that I need to accomplish before I leave. It is said that Stocking Island here is humorously known as “Chicken Island” as…
Farewell Alex, Hello Exumas!
Our stay in Nassau ended up being longer than we had anticipated and even though we made the best of our time here, being stuck in the middle of the main harbor with no engine was a bit less than tropical. My exhaust finally arrived and after scouring marine stores for all the miscellaneous connections,…
A Week in Nassau
Jan 28, 2019 Our first day and night in the harbor at Nassau, we just slept. We were so exhausted and beaten down from the trip that we really didn’t care about anything else. We didn’t even clear customs until the next day (22nd). We were able to dinghy in to shore at the Bay…
The long night – How we got to Nassau
Jan 20, 2019 We were finally in the Bahamas! We woke up to a gorgeous anchorage on a calm, sunny morning. The water was clear and we were ready to get sailing. We left to head around the North Rocks, not surprisingly, just north of the Bimini islands. Within the first hour we had half…
Back down the Miami River and Bimini bound.
Jan 15, 2019 After a long 8 days in Miami with the boat on the hard, we were getting very excited to finally be under way. There have been few delays in getting the rudder fixed, mainly due to shipping time to get materials on site for the repairs, but it was still frustrating to…
A week on the hard in Miami
Nefertari was pulled out at 8am and my yard guy Jyrki was there to meet us and start evaluating the rudder problems right away. Turns out both the heel pin and the gudgeon had significant play and needed work. Over the next week, we had the rudder, propeller and drive shaft all removed. The heel…