We wanted to see some of the north end of Long Island so we decided to make the move to Calabash Bay. Calabash is known for being a little rolly with swells that wrap around from the Atlantic. The swells in the ocean had been high but were predicted to settle a bit over the
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We felt like we had a window to go to Long Island which is south of Great Exuma. With our depth, we had to go out the southern cut and then down the bank. The Thompson Bay anchorage seemed the best to start out with. We should have a good stretch of time with no
It was pouring at high tide when we had to make our move to Moriah Harbour Cay Moorings in the Red Shanks area. Visibility was poor but we had a good track from our last visit there and David knew the way. We joined a parade of boats entering the mooring field at high tide.
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The wind in the morning was from just slightly north of east. The first thing we had to do was to go through Gallior Cut. The tide was going out with us. It was against the wind but there was not much wind so the waves were not too bad. After that it was a
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Crazy news from the world left us unsettled today. We are thrilled, however, to reach the Exumas. We are expecting east winds all next week which is great for going down the Exuma chain but not so great for getting over to them. So even though it was a motoring day, we decided to go
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Today was a motoring travel day and a chance to move East toward the Exumas. Our goal was to reach West Bay on New Providence Island. We left at sunrise. It was very calm and comfortable motoring day with just a bit of swell. We re-entered deep waters and passed along the Berry Islands. This
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Monday December 29 to Tuesday December 30 It was a narrow crossing window as a cold front was approaching our area of the Bahamas on Tuesday, late morning, We needed to arrive early in the morning in order to get to a safe harbour before the front arrived. We left Miami around 9 am. It
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It was an early morning game time decision. The marine weather service morning forecast seemed favorable for an outside passage with waves 3-5 feet. We headed slowly out to the well marked inlet. We put up the main before going out so that we would not have to do it in the waves. The inlet
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It looked like at the very least, we would have gentle winds for an outside passage. It would also be warmer. We headed out. There was a slow roll but it was otherwise calm. Light winds were behind us. We tried our main but winds were too light to do much. We reefed and left
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mile 204-285 The beginning of the trip outside was nice and calm. There were light winds from the northwest. Once we got around the inlet and headed south, the seas were a little confused from the wind shift and the wind shifted more behind us than expected for this section. We raised our main with
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