Day 94 (5/9) – Underway
This is just a reminder that you probably won’t see a regular post tonight because we won’t be anywhere near cell or wifi coverage. You can always track our position on the map at the bottom of our homepage. Tom and Paula
Day 92 – (5/7) – Palm Cay
Today’s blog entry will be a short one. It was a stormy night last night, and we were rocking around pretty good at 2AM when a strong squall blew through the marina. The power went out and it rained hard, but the storm eventually passed and by 4AM the power was back on we were […]
Day 90 (5/5) – Palm Cay
Today the wind abated slightly, but we still had rain and generally very overcast conditions (featured picture). That being said, today was better weather day than the last several. We are still expected to have a series of squalls pass through the area tonight, tomorrow and most of Monday. The squall activity is supposed to […]
Day 88 (5/3) – Palm Cay
Today was mostly a work day on the boat, some planned and some not. First up for Tom was to implement some recommendations for additional repairs on the watermaker received via email from the very helpful technical support person at Spectra Watermakers. That involved adding some sealant around the filler valve on the air tank […]
Day 87 (5/2) – Palm Cay
The featured picture today is what’s left of our Bahamas courtesy flag flying from our flag halyard. We bought it new before we left for $15 (Amazon) . The reviews for this flag on Amazon were so terrible we wondered if they were legitimate, because what could possibly go wrong with a small nylon flag? […]
Day 83 (4/28) – Palm Cay
Thunderstorms returned last night after Mission Impossible and persisted until about 11 a.m. Undaunted, we continued with plans to go to downtown Nassau. Paula baked a quick loaf of bread, and we had a quick fruit and coffee breakfast. Tommy picked up the marina car, and off we drove through huge puddles and driving rain […]
Day 80 (4/25) – Palm Cay
Glennis’ first morning in the Bahamas was meteorologically celebrated by an early a.m. thunderstorm. Fortunately, Glennis slept through most of it due to jet lag. When she awoke, we had coffee and soon the sky cleared and we were able to open up the cockpit canvas. Then we had the traditional cockpit “boat breakfast” of […]
Day 76 (4/21) – Palm Cay
Paula was up early this morning and went out in the cockpit to read while dawn approached. The forecast called for clouds and some rain today, and as the sun began to rise the sky already looked threatening. Tom came up a little later and the morning routine of reading and writing with a pot […]
Day 68 (4/13) – Palm Cay
Today we were up before daylight, due to our (possibly permanent) hypersensitivity to boat noises. The small clinkings and rope slippage noises that woke us were coming from the sailboat across the pier which was preparing to depart for Florida today. We met the Captain, his wife, and their guest yesterday and found that they […]
Day 66 (4/11) – Palm Cay
Last night there was light breeze and a clear sky at bedtime that gave way to clouds and high atmosphere cloud-to-cloud lightening without thunder or rain. We awoke before it was light and pulled anchor just after 6:30am. The weather was forecast to be cloudy and rainy later that morning, and we thought if we […]