Day 38 – Normans Cay
Last night ranked as one of our all-time best sleeps out at anchor. The sky was clear and the stars were numerous and brilliant as there was little surrounding light and the waning moon had set. The boat lay to current, so instead of the breeze being on the nose and blocked from the cockpit […]
Day 34 – Palm Cay
Much of today’s mental energy was invested in getting one of our two 10-gallon propane tanks topped off. Paula has used well more than half of one tank (judging its weight) in 34 days, which is a bit faster than usual. We attribute this to some nights at anchor when there is no electricity for […]
Day 33 – Palm Cay
We called Atlantis first thing this morning to see if we could visit their aquarium. Usually only hotel guests, Atlantis Marina guests or Cruise Ship guests are allowed to participate in the attractions, but on the phone they told us they do sell a limited number of day passes on a first-come first-serve basis. The […]
Day 30 – Palm Cay
This morning we took a walk around the neighborhoods to the northeast of us. The homes were all of unique design, unlike the planned communities we often see back home. We noted finished homes (some with ornate tropical gardens), homes under construction, and homes that appeared abandoned and in poor repair all abiding next to […]
Day 29 – Palm Cay
We arranged online for Leano to take us to Nassau again today and he showed up at 9am sharp, as friendly and informative as ever. We experienced Nassau rush hour traffic, which is like rush hour here, except everyone is polite, there are few traffic lights, and men offer to sell you newspapers to read […]
Day 18 – Bimini
At 6:30 a.m. Tommy listened to Chris Parker’s (the weather guru) radio broadcast on the single sideband radio and Paula made coffee. It still looks like a Sunday or Monday departure. The morning was spent fixing 3 tiny leaks from the watermaker plumbing, rigging a rail mount for our old spare handheld anemometer (Tom), replenishing […]
Jury-Rigged Stern Light
Today we set about to find a solution for our missing stern light. Two days ago while we were walking in town, another sailboat trying to dock near our boat lost control in the wind and current. It never hit the hull of our boat, but its rigging got caught up on several items mounted […]
Watermaker Installation
When we bought C Ghost, it did not have a watermaker installed. We knew we wanted to have one eventually, but decided to wait until our cruising plans dictated we’d really need one. With our intent to cruise to the Bahamas later this winter and potentially be at anchor for extended periods and away from […]
Battery Switch Panel Cover
When we replaced all the house batteries and slightly modified the battery compartment on our boat, we decided to install a remote battery switch. The remote switch replaces the familiar big red & black rotary switch found near the battery compartment on almost all boats. It is essentially a very powerful “relay” that can be […]
Hurricane Irma
C Ghost came through Irma quite well with only a few scratches. We were very lucky as several other boats in our marina were damaged as well as three of the docks (including ours). Clean-up is underway. We have electricity back but no water. Unbelievably, the first thing to come back on was the Comcast […]