Bahamas

After leaving Georgetown, Bahamas, we sailed towards Cape Santa Maria on Long Island, where Columbus made landfall in 1492.

We left Great Harbor on April 7th and started sailing to Nassau to pick up Grandma Anna, Grandpa Mike, and Aunt Madison. I was so excited to see them. On the way we stopped to anchor for a night at Alders Cay. Then we sailed to Nassau and anchored right in front of Jaws Beach, where the movie Jaws was made.

The Gulf Stream flows from the south, so when the wind blows from the north, in the opposite direction, the waves build and the gulf stream can become dangerous to cross in a sailboat…

I heard Gabriel scream underwater. I looked behind me and saw him face to face with a tiger shark. It looked to be about 10 feet long.

Right away, we set out for Hoffman’s Blue Hole, a large, underwater sink hole in the middle of the island. It’s about 600 feet in diameter and over 500 feet deep.

Chub Cay is home to a large resort and marina and well known for its world class fishing. Upon arrival we anchored right in front of the resort. The water was so clear and calm that you could…

We dropped anchor in beautiful turquoise waters in front of the Lorraine’s Cafe. Eager to get to shore, we ate dinner at Emerald Sunset View Restaurant, where they also refilled our propane tanks. 

Christmas at Staniel Cay was filled with joy, laughter, terror, caves, and swimming pigs.

Compass Cay is known for it’s large population of nurse sharks, so the boys had been looking forward to this destination for quite a while.

We left Highborne Cay on December 16th. During our two hour sail south, we hooked (and lost) two large wahoo. We anchored next to a plane wreck on the south side of Norman’s Cay, which was was formerly owned by Carlos Lehder of the Medellín drug cartel.