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Sailing (and other) adventures of Carleen and Jim often featuring us sailing or racing our trailerable trimarans.

Sailing the Exuma Banks 

Friday February 17 From Allen Cay (home to our friends the Iguanas) to Rose Island east of New Providence Island (Nassau). Doing 5 knots in 5 knots of wind. The water is turquoise and wonderfully clear. Every now and then … Continue reading

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Iguana go to the Beach? Can’t, too much to do. 

Thursday, February 16: The Allen Cays are known for protected Iguanas and I finally saw one shambling across the beach this morning. But we had too much to do so we will leave the exploring ashore until tomorrow Who knew … Continue reading

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Lumpy day crossing Exuma Sound

Wednesday, February 15:  Sailors need wind. But sometimes there can be too much and it causes the waves to increase, especially if the wind blows down a long fetch of water such as Exuma Sound. We had a rolly night … Continue reading

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Slow Sail South

Tuesday, February 14 Happy Valentine’s Day everyone. 💗 Didn’t get too far today. We woke up and immediately started doing chores like stowing gear better,  etc. Jim was the first in for a swim as it got hotter. There wasn’t … Continue reading

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Not so Deep Creek

Monday, February 13: Sorry if you were looking for our Tracker earlier.  It was so busy getting all of our gear out of the cottage and getting underway that I forgot to turn it on! We made MANY trips with … Continue reading

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What Do We Have Here? (videos)

We’ve got a sailboat!  The first sail….minus the jib which was being scrubbed.

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Whatever Floats Your Boat continued again…(videos)

Trying to download some videos of the actual trip from Andy’s house to the “ramp”…then the launch and the craning of the mast…OMG what an adventure.  

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Whatever Floats Your Boat continued…

Today is Sunday the 12th but here is more info on Launch day yesterday after 4 days of: A half day of driving up and back to North Eleuthera Airport to get the rest of our stuff.  We had to … Continue reading

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Whatever Floats Your Boat!

We have hit the water and all is well so far. More pics and hopefully videos tomorrow about our activities today including the lift onto Andy’s own big powerboat trailer, the mile long drive down the narrow main road through … Continue reading

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The Ocean Hole

The Ocean Hole is an inland brackish water swimming hole in Rock Sound.  It is a lovely spot next to the Elementary School and they have made it into a cute attraction with a visitor’s centre and a park. It … Continue reading

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