Tag: sailing in retirement
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Hiking trials on Hog Cay, Ragged Islands
One of our favorite past times on Hog Cay is to explore all the hiking trials. Cruisers have spent many hours marking several trails in all sort of manners. Mostly it would be trash that washed up on the beaches that they will hang on trees or put in very conspicuous places to indicate the…
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Lobster Hole Point at Hog Cay, Ragged Island, Bahamas
After a long day and night of sailing, we were glad to finally drop anchor at Lobster Hole Point at Hog Cay. It was around 2am but there weren’t many boats and we’ve been there the year before, so we were familiar with the anchorage and it didn’t present any difficulties. A good night’s rest…
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Big Wood Cay to Hog Cay
As we untied from the buoy in Middle Bight, we headed straight into the ocean to cross the Tongue of the Ocean and hoping to reach Green Cay before night fall. The winds were still fairly strong, so we reefed the mainsail as well as the genoa and did not raise the mizzen at all.…
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Fresh Creek to Big Wood Cay
The winds were favorable and we untied from the dock and set out at slack high tide. According to the internet, the best shelling beach in Andros is called Somerset Beach, which is about a 3 miles south of the inlet to Fresh Creek. There is a US Navy AUTEC Base about 1.5 nm south…