Author Archives: Bill Kinney

Heading North

Posted on May 22, 2018 by Bill Kinney

Time 1445 local Lat N 25° 08.6’ Lon W 76° 32.6′ Nautical miles from Cape Eleuthera Marina, Bahamas: 21.3 Nautical miles to Norfolk Harbor, Virginia: 708.9 Our summer migration has started. We got underway from Cape Eleuthera Marina at 10AM, … Continue reading →

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Preperations

Posted on May 20, 2018 by Bill Kinney

Leaving Spanish Wells, we sailed back to the southern end of Eleuthera where we are meeting friends who are going to be our crew for our trip North. Our initial plan was to take two or three days for the … Continue reading →

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Around Spanish Wells

Posted on May 11, 2018 by Bill Kinney

When we first came into the narrow channel that is what passes for a harbor on Spanish Wells, we were greeted by the local fishing fleet.  Virtually all the boats are in port right now because they specialize in deep … Continue reading →

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Catching up…

Posted on May 5, 2018 by Bill Kinney

The weather for the past several days has been rather unsettled. Periodically windy (25 knots) periodically rainy–sometimes VERY heavy rain.  I have a bit of catching up to do with our adventures… We did get a chance to do some … Continue reading →

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It really is a thing…

Posted on April 29, 2018 by Bill Kinney

Honest.  You can Google it… Fisherman’s Elbow.  It is basically the same as tennis elbow:  A repetitive motion injury of a particular tendon.  But I have it, and it is highly annoying. In my case, it is either caused by, … Continue reading →

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Here it comes!

Posted on April 28, 2018 by Bill Kinney

Some pictures from the southern end of Eleuthera:     Yesterday we left the beautiful pink sand beaches at East Point and we sailed around the southern end of Eleuthera, and north along its western facing coast.  A large shallow … Continue reading →

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Boarded!

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Bill Kinney

We sailed out of Rock Sound this morning, for the deeper water just south of Eleuthera.  Once you get to the ocean, deep water is not far offshore.  I mean water is 2000 feet deep less than a half mile … Continue reading →

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Dealing with Two Watches

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Bill Kinney

A man with one watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure. So much of the art of seamanship (as opposed to the science) is sorting through and dealing with information that might be missing, … Continue reading →

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A day of catching…

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Bill Kinney

Cat Island and Eleuthera are separated by 20 miles of deep ocean.  Most of it half a mile deep or more.  But… there is a narrow underwater “bridge” about 80 feet below the ocean that links these two islands.  With … Continue reading →

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Cat Island

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Bill Kinney

Lat: 24º 33.85’N Long: 75º 38.84’W Benett’s Harbor, Cat Island, Bahamas We are anchored in the lee of Cat Island after a delightful sail down from Abaco.  As we approached through the narrow, but very deep cut of ocean that … Continue reading →

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