Author Archives: Bill Kinney

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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Rainy Day Catch-Up

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Bill Kinney

On a windy and rainy Monday afternoon, it is time to catch up on the blog!  We have been busy entertaining guests, and dealing with travel and weather.  The next week or so looks to be back to what passes … Continue reading →

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Sandy Point

Posted on February 28, 2018 by Bill Kinney

On the very southern tip of Great Abaco Island is the settlement of Sandy Point. Not much happens here, it is quite remote, but also beautiful. On all of the outer islands in the Bahamas you quickly get used to … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Tails

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Bill Kinney

We are out exploring again and we are giving a few places we visited before a more complete look over.  We sailed from Freeport, to the southern tip of Abaco yesterday.  Well… to be completely fair we sailed half way … Continue reading →

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Nothing to see here…

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Bill Kinney

Harmonie is tied up at the Grand Bahama Yacht Club.  We are 100 miles away in distance, and a thousand miles in other ways. We hoped on the ferry from Freeport to Fort Lauderdale (about 3 1/2 hours).   The ferry … Continue reading →

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What is special about Great Guana Cay?

Posted on February 9, 2018 by Bill Kinney

First, an observation:  Has anyone else noticed how many of the islands of the Bahamas include “Grand” or “Great” as part of their official name?  In the case of Great Guana Cay, we pretty much agree, it is a pretty … Continue reading →

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Lynyard Cay

Posted on February 2, 2018 by Bill Kinney

Most of the eastern shore of Great Abaco Island is protected by a line of small barrier islands and reefs.  one of the larger of these is Lynyard Cay.  Occupied only by a single fancy vacation home on the north … Continue reading →

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Breakers to the left! Breakers to the right!

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Bill Kinney

Yesterday we got an early start from the anchorage off Sandy Point at the southeastern end of Great Abaco Island, and sailed around the southern end, and halfway up the east shore. It was a fast and boisterous sail, with … Continue reading →

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Pinned Down…

Posted on January 25, 2018 by Bill Kinney

We are anchored off of Sandy Point, at the southern end of Great Abaco Island.  We arrived here just as the last frontal boundary moved out, and set up a pattern of strongly reenforced trade winds that have have been … Continue reading →

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