Author Archives: Bill Kinney

Tourist Stuff…

Jim and Laura are settled in and enjoying their vacation.  Around the docks there are lots of fish, with the larger predators especially active at night when the tide is running fast. You can frequently hear them splashing as they … Continue reading

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What does it mean to take a sailboat cruising?

Cruising your sailboat to exotic locations means you get to do all your maintenance and repairs in exotic locations! I feel like I am almost caught up.  I have an oil change on the generator left to do, and then … Continue reading

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Another Country

We are now in the Turks and Caicos Islands with an internet connection, albeit a slow and unreliable one, but hopefully I can get caught up on some pictures and stories. Let’s start with this picture of one of the … Continue reading

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Hunkered down…

Time 21:30 local Lat N 22° 21.5′ Lon W 72° 59.1′ Eastern end of Abrahams Bay, Mayaguana, Bahamas We moved over to the eastern end of Abrahams Bay, about 4 miles to be closer to town, and to be in … Continue reading

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What the &#%! was that!?

Time 17:21 local Lat: N 22° 19.8′ Long: W 73° 28.1′ Abrahams Bay, Mayaguana, Bahamas We are safely anchored in Abrahams Bay on the south side of Mayaguana. The sun is setting, the water is gin clear and flat calm, … Continue reading

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Another beautiful day

Time 20:00 local Lat N 22° 56.4′ Long W 73° 40.4′ Enroute to Mayaguana The wind has continued to be a bit fickle. Fading to nothing in the hours before sunrise, so we motored most of the day, but it … Continue reading

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19 January, 2017 01:33

Time 01:15 local Lat: N 23° 37.7′ Long: W 75° 06.6′ Enroute to Mayaguana, Bahamas After an early start, we motored most of the day in what would charitably be described as “light” winds. As the moon rose just after … Continue reading

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The next big jump…

If the weather follows the models this time tomorrow will see a high pressure ridge drop down from the north and push the tradewinds far to the south of us.  It looks like several days of light and variable winds. … Continue reading

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Moving South.

Lat:  N 24º 10.92′ Lon: W 76º 27.69′ Big Majors Spot, Bahamas Today we sailed about 30 miles south on the “inside”, that is , west of the Exuma Cays on the shallower water of the Bahamas Bank.  It was … Continue reading

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Shroud Cay

Lat: N 24 31.6′ Long: W 76 47.8′ West side of Shroud Cay, Bahamas Yesterday we had a delightful sail down from our previous stop. We took the ocean side–hoping to snag a fish, but that wasn’t to be. Today … Continue reading

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