Author: Gerda
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Back on land.
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…
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Alabaster Bay to Pelican Cay
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,…
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Tom’s Rocks to Alabaster Bay
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…
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Governor’s Harbor to Tom’s Rocks.
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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Ten Bays to Governor’s Harbor
Pau Pau Bay is only about three nautical miles to the north of Ten Bays and it was a very easy sail and very enjoyable. After anchoring we went snorkeling on the nearest cay which is called Sheep Cay. The water is very deep right up to the rocks and the visibility was not all…
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Tarpum Bay to Ten Bay
A gentle breeze took us the plus minus nine nautical miles across the bay to Ten Bays which will be our home for a day or two. It is quite difficult to get to the beach with a dingy, because during low tide the sand banks run fairly deep into the ocean and you need…
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Rock Sound to Tarpum Bay
As we approached Tarpum Bay, it looked like a very cute town with a lovely church on the water and a pier right by the town. As usual, the pier seems to be the local gathering place for men, some fishermen, but mostly just town’s people hanging out and having a beer while talking and…
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Little San Salvadore to Rock Sound, Eleuthera
With the weather forecast predicting winds of about 30 knots with gusts a bit higher, we decided it was a good idea to get into a bit more protected waters. As we got up, the wind was extremely low, but we decided to move along slowly because the direction of the wind was right and…
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Fallacies about retiring on a sailboat
Many dream about their retirement with dolphins under their beds, sipping cocktails with the waves lapping gently on the hull of their yacht while watching the sun go down on yet another perfect day in paradise. While this can definitely be true for many for some of the time, it definitely is not what happens…
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Cat Island to Little San Salvador
Another very leisurely sail brought us to Orange Settlement where we anchored and debated whether it was worthwhile going ashore. According to the charts there was a creek that went in quite far, but from what we saw, it was very shallow and we assumed it would look pretty much similar to the ones we’ve…