s/v Trouble – Destination Unkown
Calabash, Long Island — 04•20•22 Today we are headed to Georgetown. The E-Sea Ryder flotilla consisting of E-Sea Ryder, Mangata, Racheline, and Trouble, headed off at dawn. All four boats were single handling. It would be an easy downwind sail into Georgetown, approximately 26 nautical miles. I left last, as Trouble would scoot along in …
Double Breasted Cay, Raggeds — 04•05•22 0830 hours, engines on, anchor coming up. I’ve got to get to George Town to submit my taxes. I was not getting text messages for the two-factor authentication log-on, for my brokerage accounts. Water Cay was my destination for the night, but I bailed out at Flamingo Cay as …
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Double Breasted Cay, Raggeds — 03•23•22 It has been over a year since I’ve anchored at Double Breasted. Last season this was as far as I made it, into the Raggeds. I got off the boat to a walk on the far side of Double Breasted. This side of the island, like all of them …
Georgetown, Great Exuma Island — 03•19•22 After provisioning and jugging fuel to Trouble I was ready to get out of town and head back to the Raggeds. I wanted to try the backway through Pudding Cut. To do that I needed to stop at Williams Bay, Lee Stocking Island. Last season I stopped here quick …
Somewhere In The Raggeds — 03•14•22 Trouble was running low again on veggies and snacks. So while planning an exit out of the Raggeds to George Town, I wanted to try a few shortcuts. One was the notorious Hog Cay Cut, which can save you at least four hours. But what it really does, is …