Seascapades

Author: Gerda

  • Different methods of food preservation.

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    In our home we love to eat fresh, from scratch, home cooked meals with the best ingredients available or the best we can afford. We tend to eat simple meals but with lots of flavor. I don’t go overboard with spices, but use lots of natural flavors like garlic, onion, ginger, celery, parsley, cilantro and…

  • How to vacuum seal mason jars

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    Mason jar vacuum sealers are such a blessing. They come in electric (using batteries) or manual and on our boat they get used almost daily.

  • Freeze-drying – is it worth it?

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    My short answer is YES. Off course I understand that there are as many styles of eating and cruising as there are boats out there. So, I can only share my opinion and my experiences.

  • What is Freeze Drying?

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    Freeze Drying is a hot topic on many forums and platforms today. I’ve been preserving food for almost a half a century!! Having said that out loud scared me to death-:) A few years back, I got interested in freeze drying, probably through a blog or a podcast, but I just couldn’t bring myself to…

  • Hatchet Bay to Gregory Town

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    Gregory Town will be our next port of call – only 4.5miles away. We sailed close to the coast and marveled at the rock formations and the homes that are built right on the cliffs and sometimes the cliffs have already been carved out below the houses – I would be quite scared to live…

  • Pelican Cay to Hatchet Bay

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    When the wind was favorable and it was time to move on, we decided to sail to Hatchet Bay because there was a bit of a storm on the way and the anchorage in Pelican Cay became very uncomfortable with the swells coming directly from the west and the wind from the south. Hatchet Bay…

  • Back on land.

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    It is always strange how the first few days back on land are so different. It seems like one has to adjust to so many things! Firstly, the steady ground underfoot makes me almost seasick! Fortunately, neither Andre nor myself ever suffer from seasickness, but when I’ve been on the water for a long time…

  • Alabaster Bay to Pelican Cay

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    Since we’ve discovered the joy of slowly drifting from one anchorage to the next, we’d rather take Mama-Wana to the next snorkel spot instead of doing long trips with the dingy – it is much more comfortable and the change of scenery is also great. Pelican Cay is only about 2 miles from Alabaster Bay,…

  • Tom’s Rocks to Alabaster Bay

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    This little sail was only about four miles, but again, with light winds and a calm sea, it was a very enjoyable time and we once more thought it went by too quickly. The Bay have a large beach with sand banks going far into the ocean. Thank goodness for depth sounders because on high…

  • Governor’s Harbor to Tom’s Rocks.

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    Levy Island is literally just outside of Governor’s Harbor and the Bay next to it is called Tom’s Rocks. It is close enough to take the dinghy, but we decided to rather move the big boat and then take shorter trips with the dinghy. We haven’t been in the water for a few days and…

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