Author Archives: Bill Kinney

Goodbye to Abaco!

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Bill Kinney

Time: 1320 local Lat: 26° 20.1’ N Log: 076° 47.3W After several weeks bouncing around the Sea of Abaco, and enjoying all the many places we stopped there, we are off exploring again. We are currently underway headed southeast toward … Continue reading →

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Planning.

Posted on April 13, 2018 by Bill Kinney

Weather here in the Bahamas is a mixture of Caribbean tropical and North American Temperate.  That means we get “normal” tradewinds blowing from a generally easterly direction, punctuated periodically by the tail ends of continental cold fronts.  In the 48 … Continue reading →

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We’re moving…

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Bill Kinney

If you haven’t had the chance, go back to our previous post: Eat Snail  I have updated it with some fun photographs now that we are connected again… Grand Cay We have hooked WHAT? Last night, we had settled in at … Continue reading →

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Missing the Point?

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Bill Kinney

It has been some time since we have been so far off the grid I needed to post using the Satphone, but here we are! As we approached Great Sale Cay yesterday at about 3 in the afternoon, the anchorage … Continue reading →

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Eat Snail!

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Bill Kinney

We have been anchored at Moraine Cay (again) for the past couple of days. It still is one of our favorite places.  It receives bad reviews as a relatively unprotected anchorage in the guide books, so people don’t come here, … Continue reading →

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Competitive Fishing.

Posted on March 31, 2018 by Bill Kinney

For a lot of people fishing is a competitive sport.  All one has to do is see the amount of time, money and energy that goes into some of the big fishing tournaments.  And was there ever a fishermen who … Continue reading →

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Bits and Pieces…

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Bill Kinney

Waiting out the weather… Regular readers of this space will have noted by now that we do a lot of waiting out the weather. We make no apologies for this, it keeps our sailing easy, fun, and safe.  A wise … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Moraine Cay.

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Bill Kinney

Moraine Cay is one of the great places in the Abacos, although not well known.  It has a tiny (three villa) seasonal resort on it that has not yet opened for the summer season. It has beautiful beaches on two … Continue reading →

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Better Lucky than Good!

Posted on March 17, 2018 by Bill Kinney

After battling big winds and big waves all last week, we took advantage of a lull in the excitement to move the boat deeper into the Abaco Islands, and further away from the hustle and bustle of Marsh Harbour. The … Continue reading →

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Blowing things up.

Posted on March 16, 2018 by Bill Kinney

OK, we are not blowing up a lot of things…  just the dinghy. We do like our dinghy.  Karen has christened it “Rhythm” (to go with Harmonie, get it?) Our inflatable dinghy is our local transportation wherever we go.  Since we … Continue reading →

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