St Augustine, FL — 05•07•24 0500 Early morning departure to Charlson about 195 nautical miles. After resting and provisioning in St Augustine, I needed to make some miles. I dropped the mooring lines and headed out in light winds, motor sailing most of the day. Later in the afternoon, Right Meow, another Catana 15nm behind …
Trouble Fast Tracking North Out Of The Bahamas
Thompson Bay, Long Island, BS — 04•18•24 0715 Anchor coming up, heading to Georgetown. The season is ending, and I’ll need to reprovision in Georgetown and get diesel for the trip back to the United States. Another screecher run made for a quick passage to Georgetown. I had the anchor down at Sand Dollar Beach …
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Trouble, Taxes, and West Winds
Hog Cay, The Raggeds, BS — 04•02•24 After finishing up my taxes for 2023, it was time to pull anchor and start heading out of the Raggeds. The first stop on the way out would be Water Cay. While Water Cay has some great polespear fishing I wouldn’t have time. I had to keep moving …
Trouble down in the Jumentos
Masters Harbour, Georgetown, BS — 03•06•24 After having guests aboard Trouble, it was just me and Trouble again. I wanted to get back to the Jumentos and Ragged Island, so I pulled anchor up at 0600. I had to make a quick pick-up of a part to be delivered to another boat down in the …
Pigs, Lobsters and Broken Sails
Monument, Georgetown, BS — 01•18•24 With some strong East winds forecasted, I elected to go with Hadhammer and E Sea Ryder to Cat Island to wait out the winds. We spent the week going from New Bight to Old Bight as the winds changed. We visited Dukes in New Bight and Rollezz in Old Bight. …