We had a super calm anchorage at Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas. Noisy, but the water was so still. We walked around Charlotte Amalie to get cash from an ATM, gasoline, and some produce. After making it back to the boat, we weighed anchor and moved over to St John. We cannot say enough good about…

This week we left the calm Boquerón anchorage and continued heading east. We motored to Isla Caja de Muertos, or Coffin Island, to spend the night on anchor. While there, we explored the abandoned museum. From Coffin Island we moved to Puerto Salinas, where we had a manatee welcome! We also had a good young…

We paid to have dinghy chaps made at the marina, and they turned out beautifully! (Engine cover previously made by yours truly) The embassy granted us an appointment for passport services – Chris’ is expiring. Unfortunately, they could only do the morning of our weather window to depart Samaná. We rented another car and drove…

So checking out of Turks and Caicos took forever. Our 1:00 appointment didn’t happen until 6:30pm. Per the marina staff, the customs agent is known to come whenever he pleases, and sometimes he doesn’t even show up! We eventually got checked out of Turks and Caicos (2 minutes of his time and a $60 check…

We did it. We left Georgetown. Granted Georgetown isn’t exactly our scene (so many people!), but we were bummed to be leaving our new friends. Again. Georgetown seems to be one of those places that sucks people in, and they may never end up weighing anchor and heading further south. Part of that is because…

So this week started with going back for the last day of the Wahoo Blitz at Staniel Cay Yacht Club. It wasn’t quite the part it was on Saturday, but we had a great time with friends. Another snorkel of Thunderball Grotto. Crab races for the kids and adults hanging out with adults. One more…

We left our Anchorage and headed over to O’Brian’s Cay to snorkel an area called ‘The Aquarium’. So aptly named! We timed it perfectly to arrive at slack tide, so no current trying to drag us away. We saw all the fish. So many fish! Trumpetfish. Lionfish. Sargent Majors. Blue tangs. Bicolor Angelfish. Triggerfish. Yellowtail…

Wow. Just wow. So THIS has got to be one of the best places in the Bahamas. The water. The sand. The sun. We left Highborne Cay and headed north to Allen’s Cay for a change of scenery. We motored up north a bit and were rewarded with gorgeous beaches, calmer waters, endangered rock iguanas,…

We decided it was time to move along to Nassau, our next stop on the way to the Exumas. We didn’t want to make a straight shot to the Exumas because I’m a little skittish about traveling through possible shallow water at night when I can’t see the bottom. So, off to Nassau it is!…

So this week had us on a mooring ball, which was much less rolly than the anchorage. You can see some anchor alarm art in the teaser photo. We continued with our regular routine of homeschool in the mornings, then see about finding friends in the afternoon. This week also brought colder weather (lows in…