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Month: February 2024

Posted onFebruary 28, 2024February 27, 2024Land Adventures

Let’s go see a blow hole

by Melissa2 Comments on Let’s go see a blow hole

Not too far out of town in Black Point, there’s a blow hole that shows itself at high tide. A bunch of us (Oestara along with Biscuits, African Dream, Wandertwins,…

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Posted onFebruary 26, 2024February 26, 2024Sailing Adventures

Back to Black Point!

by Melissa2 Comments on Back to Black Point!

Our anchorage at Galliot might have been pretty, but after dark, the waves got super slamm-y on our stern, and we drifted around like crazy on the anchor due to…

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Posted onFebruary 24, 2024February 23, 2024Sailing Adventures

Heading south again

by Melissa2 Comments on Heading south again

We left Black Point at noon on February 9th, and headed south to position ourselves for a jump outside to the Sound to head back down to George Town on…

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Posted onFebruary 22, 2024February 21, 2024Sailing Adventures

To Big Major and then Black Point

by MelissaLeave a comment on To Big Major and then Black Point

On February 7th, we pulled up the anchor in the morning and moved around the corner to Big Major. It was still blowing like crazy, and we weren’t going to…

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Posted onFebruary 20, 2024February 20, 2024Sailing Adventures

Kid boat invasion, and some stormy weather

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Several kid boats (African Dream, Biscuits, Explorer, and Alpenglo) pulled in near us on the 2nd, so February 3rd saw us joining some of those other families on the beach.…

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Posted onFebruary 18, 2024February 17, 2024Sailing Adventures

Friends join us in the anchorage

by Melissa2 Comments on Friends join us in the anchorage

On the 31st, we re-anchored Oestara to gain a bit more room around the boat before the upcoming blow. (Another boat anchored too close to us the night before; the…

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Posted onFebruary 16, 2024February 14, 2024Land Adventures

Settling in at the Top of the Majors

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We settled in for what we expected to be a few days at Top of the Majors. A friendly nurse shark adopted our boat–we think he must have spotted the…

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Posted onFebruary 14, 2024February 14, 2024Sailing Adventures

Sailing back to the Exumas

by Melissa2 Comments on Sailing back to the Exumas

We woke at dawn on the 27th, raised our mainsail in the Old Bight harbor and headed out – Exumas bound again! Sadly, we hadn’t gotten much sleep overnight, thanks…

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Posted onFebruary 12, 2024February 11, 2024Land Adventures

From New Bight to Old Bight

by MelissaLeave a comment on From New Bight to Old Bight

On January 26th, we got up early and dinghied to shore to return the rental car. We picked up a few groceries while we were at the store. We asked…

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Posted onFebruary 10, 2024February 10, 2024Land Adventures

Continuing adventures on Cat Island

by Melissa2 Comments on Continuing adventures on Cat Island

The crew of Carosy, Carole and Hugh, joined us for another adventure by car on Cat Island on the 25th. It was great to see them again after a couple…

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