and we're off
Last night we watched a spotted eagle ray swimming around the boat.
The great debate
Yesterday was one month since we pulled out of Loggerhead Marina in Palm Beach Gardens and started our sailing adventure.
Alternator
Here is a very brief description of our current "sabbatical": It’s always been Braden’s dream to travel around on a sailboat. The destination has never been too important, just the trip itself. Erin likes to travel and has always had some romantic idea of sailing off
hangin' around
Today we picked up a Sport Fish of the Atlantic book at the local marine store. Since we already caught one fish we’re optimistic we may catch more… so we should probably know what they are. We flipped through and found the Bar Jack, which looks very similar to
Fish
Nassau
Certainly an eventful trip across the Bahama Bank and then across the tounge of the ocean, but we made it safely into Nassau this morning. Despite plans on stopping to rest a few hours, engine and electrical issues made us press on without resting and without much of our "
Nassau here we come
If you’ve been reading along, we arrived at Bimini on Saturday morning after about a 9.5 hour crossing. We motored the whole way averaged roughly 4.7 knots over 50 nautical miles. Coming into the cut between North Bimini and South Bimini islands we briefly ran aground. Our
Living on a boat
We are on the move! We moved to an anchorage just outside No Name Harbor on Friday afternoon. We ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and are getting to bed early so we can get out of here around 12:00 AM. We’re anchored with about 6 other boats
Bahamas or bust...
While we’re waiting for weather we’ve been keeping busy around Coconut Grove. CocoWalk is within walking distance from the marina, so we’ve been there several times for food, drinks and a movie ( The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo ). On New Years Eve we went to see the
The Plan
We made the loooong trip to Tallahassee this weekend. Some highlights from our last trip of the year…
Hello Ft. Lauderdale
We are all ready to go… but it is bad luck to leave on Friday. We moved onto the boat yesterday and got all settled in. Braden and I spent today organizing, cleaning and one last trip home to check on things. Ethel spent the day doing what she does
Lake Boca
This was the start of our provisioning… a trip to CostCo. In the last two weeks we’ve fully stocked the boat… with a lot of shopping. * 2 trips to Ft. Lauderdale * 1 trip to Sailorman * 1 trip to Boat Owners Warehouse * 5 trips to West Marine * 1 trip to