Author: justplanesailing

Beaufort was a treat as always. Before and after our Marina stop we anchored right across from the town so we could easily dinghy in to walk the dog and go get dinner. The anchorage is tight but decent holding and is a well enforced no wake zone. At least one of the boats we…

UPDATE: Erin passed through and all is fine with us and Avion. We were supposed to be well north of Hatteras by now but we left a bit late and since then it has been one thing after another! We have been working our way slowly up north in between fronts and work trips and…

The trip over to the Abaco Islands was calm and uneventful. We left with the intention to round the bottom peninsula of South Abaco before the waves built up too much, but that also meant we were arriving at the shallow entrance to the Sea of Abaco a little too early with respect to tides.…

Freeport is starting to have some serious Hotel California vibes. We have heard multiple stories of people who came to visit or to live for a short while and ended up staying much more long term than they expected! It’s easy to see why, the people here are fun and welcoming and there is no…

I think I glossed over Nassau a bit on our way down. It was a pit stop to get provisions and parts. I would be remiss in not mentioning the excitement of the Nassau inlet we experienced though. This experience was one of the things that led us to go to an anchorage on the…

One of the great things about our boat is the amazing community that comes with it. Amels are common enough that you come across them occasionally but uncommon enough that it is still exciting when you do see one, so when we anchored behind another Amel Super Maramu in the Exumas we couldn’t wait to…

Our first stop in the Exumas was a lovely beach on Norman’s Cay. Having tested out our outboard with the new fitting before leaving Nassau, we headed toward the beach with confidence….and then the motor died half way to shore. Not to be deterred from making it to the beach for Kata to get a…

When we were leaving the Berry Islands we had two plans of action, depending on whether the Marina we had called had space for us. This meant we were waiting for the dock master to get in and call us before leaving our anchorage. Bahamian time runs a little later than other places we have…

The Berry Islands were our second stop in the Bahamas and did not disappoint. They are an idyllic collection of small islands south of Grand Bahama and only a day sail away. Many of the islands seem to have few to no inhabitants and the anchorages were not crowded. After a very calm sail over…

Today we took our dinghy to a beautiful beach on a nearby island and went snorkelling while Kata swam and tried her paw at fishing. After a couple of hours of fun in the water, watching turtles swim past and following the fishies around, we decided it was time to head back to the boat…