Author Archives: Bill Kinney

Culture Shock!

Posted on March 7, 2023 by Bill Kinney

We have been out and off-grid for a while exploring the Plana Cays, where we saw only two or three boats in two weeks. Now we are back in Georgetown and there are well over 300 boats in the anchorage. … Continue reading →

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Great Inagua Island

Posted on February 19, 2023 by Bill Kinney

450 miles southeast of Miami, just 45 miles from the eastern-most tip of Cuba is the most southern of the islands of the Bahamas, Great Inagua. It is the place we checked in first with Customs and Immigration to get … Continue reading →

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The Good With the Bad

Posted on February 13, 2023 by Bill Kinney

We took a short pause on our way to the Bahamas in La Paraguera, Puerto Rico because we needed a quick provisioning stop, and we knew the grocery store there would have what we wanted. The entry is a bit … Continue reading →

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Something Time Has Not Improved…

Posted on February 10, 2023 by Bill Kinney

Isla Caja de Muertos, literally “Box of the Dead Island” or Coffin Island is located about midway along the southern coast of Puerto Rico. We were last here in 2017, and the intervening years have not been kind. Ironical, “Coffin … Continue reading →

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Smll Change in Plan

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Bill Kinney

We are now underway. We cleared out of customs in Sint Maarten yesterday afternoon, and were on time for the 10:30 bridge opening this morning. Back out on the ocean, we are headed west. Instead of sailing straight to the … Continue reading →

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The Poor Little Bridge

Posted on January 22, 2023 by Bill Kinney

Simpson Bay Lagoon during “The Season” (December to May) is visited by a crowd of SuperYachts. In the world of very high end yachting it is generally agreed that a yacht becomes “super” when it is more than 40 meters … Continue reading →

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Sometimes it IS a Coincidence!

Posted on January 13, 2023 by Bill Kinney

The Rules One of the first rules of troubleshooting a complex system is: “There are no coincidences.” The rational here is that if multiple symptoms appear at the same time, they always have a common cause, because that is just … Continue reading →

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Last from Iles des Saintes

Posted on January 9, 2023 by Bill Kinney

In our travels we have gotten several steps ahead of our posts, so I hope you can forgive a couple quick posts to catch up. Here are just a few more photos and historical commentary from the Iles des Saintes. … Continue reading →

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Iles des Saintes: If you come:

Posted on January 2, 2023 by Bill Kinney

Since we would encourage everybody cruising the Caribbean to visit this delightful place at least once, here are some practical tips that are current as of the beginning of 2023. The red outlined areas on the charts are places with … Continue reading →

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A New Place

Posted on December 28, 2022 by Bill Kinney

We are tied up in the bay of Terre-de-Haut, an island part of the Iles des Saintes group that is just south of, and part of, Guadeloupe, which is in turn an overseas department of France. Our trip up from … Continue reading →

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