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Bahamas to TITSNBN…..as it turns out:-)

February 3rd – February 5th, 2015 (-5 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family, (Written from Isla Mujeres, Mexico – February 23rd, 2015) So right up front I’ll tell you that TITSNBN stands for, “That Island That Shall Not Be Named”….Hint: It starts with a C has a U, B and ends in A….more on that […]

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Eleuthra – The Bahamas Part II and The Adventure Route…..

February 2nd, 2015 – Continued (-5 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family, On Friday, in the midst of my marine procuring expedition, we decided to take the \”Bo Hengy II\”, the local ferry that comes from Nassau everyday and continues on to Harbour Island which is supposed to be quite up market and full of

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The Southern Abacos and Eleuthra – Part I….

February 2nd, 2015 (-5 on UTC) Dear Friends and Family, We\’re on email only from now till we get to Mexico…so no photos in the blog till then. We write you today from windy Chubb Cay. We\’ve had steady winds – ESE to SE at 15-22 knots over the last day. We\’re anchored behind the

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Beach House getting ready to start the 2015 sailing season…..FINALLY!

January 17th, 2015 (UTC -5) Ahoy Friends and Family, We\’re in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and will head toward The Abacos in the Bahamas, Eleuthra, Andros and then may go exotic!…Stay tuned. We should be in Panama on the East side of the Canal in April with lots of stops in Central America along the way.

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Grand Exuma Island, Bahamas to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida…The end of the season

Grand Exuma Island, Bahamas to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida…The end of the season May 21st – June 8th, 2014 Update as of November 20th, 2014. We’re catching up now (sorry it took so long) on our end of season for 2014. We are currently getting ready to depart Ft. Lauderdale which will be sometime in December.

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The Bahamas – Mayaguana to Long Island……Part 1

May 13th – 20th, 2014 (-4 on UTC) Dear F&F, We had a fabulous time in the Turks and Caicos and if it works out, we\’d come back next season. It was one of our favorite stops in the entire Eastern Caribbean. All good things must move on and we were looking forward to arriving

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Turks and Caicos…..

April 29th – May 13th, 2014 (-4 on UTC) Dear F&F, We departed San Juan for what would be our only multi-day sail of the season; most unusual! The weather was perfect and we had a full mainsail and reacher on a starboard tack for the expected 48 hour trip. As the day progressed, the

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Spanish Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico……

April 20th – 29th, 2014 (-4 on UTC) Dear F&F, 20th – 22nd April – Vieques, Spanish VI After a long leisurely (Easter Sunday) breakfast on the boat in St Croix we set off for a glorious 5 hour downwind sail to the island of Vieques. This was the first anchorage of the season where

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US Virgin Islands – Part 2 – The Rest of the Story!…..:-)

April 14th – 20th, 2014 (-4 on UTC) Dear F&F, First, Happy Birthday \”Beach House\”. She was launched 10 years ago on April 15th. Friends and followers Clark and Vincent who live in France were on our maiden voyage with Cindy and me. Life\’s memories – both bitter and sweet….. Well, once the Customs Caper

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US Virgin Islands – Part 1 – The Customs Tango…..

April 14th-15th, 2014 (-4 on UTC) Dear F&F, So this is the \”get it out of my system\” blog! it will be replaced tomorrow by the \”fun part\” of the USVI. Some of you may be bored, some may laugh….I hope the later. If it\’s not your cup of tea, skip it and wait till

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