We are once again underway for a little boating adventure, and
hopefully by this time next month we will be deep into the Caribbean,
most probably the BVI or Leeward Islands. From there we'll work our
way south to Martinique and St Lucia in the Windward Islands before
turning around and heading back north. Some of you will remember
that we did mostly the same trip 3 years ago. It was arguably one of
the best boating cruises of my lifetime and hopefully this one will be
even better.

Anyone who wants to keep track of our progress or lack thereof can
keep track of us he

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0utTAiadygIUkT4LIXeoYfKADAn2Dkz os

Right now we're headed to Key West for a few days of watching my
oldest son racing sailboats in the annual Key West regatta, and after
that we'll head over to the Bahamas and start working our way farther
south as weather permits.

We'll have some internet access along the way but not everywhere, so
play nice in the meanwhile and try to think more about boating and
less about politics, gun control, abortion, etc.

On Tuesday, January 22, 2013 10:02:50 PM UTC-4, Wayne B wrote:
We are once again underway for a little boating adventure, and

hopefully by this time next month we will be deep into the Caribbean,

most probably the BVI or Leeward Islands. From there we'll work our

way south to Martinique and St Lucia in the Windward Islands before

turning around and heading back north. Some of you will remember

that we did mostly the same trip 3 years ago. It was arguably one of

the best boating cruises of my lifetime and hopefully this one will be

even better.



Anyone who wants to keep track of our progress or lack thereof can

keep track of us he



http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0utTAiadygIUkT4LIXeoYfKADAn2Dkz os



Right now we're headed to Key West for a few days of watching my

oldest son racing sailboats in the annual Key West regatta, and after

that we'll head over to the Bahamas and start working our way farther

south as weather permits.



We'll have some internet access along the way but not everywhere, so

play nice in the meanwhile and try to think more about boating and

less about politics, gun control, abortion, etc.


Reminds me of when my buddy got the job of mate on the supply boat for the Windjammer fleet. I believe it started in Ft, lauderdale and worked it's way down the islands to the ABC islands off the coast of South America.
Each trip took about a month round trip.
I should have jumped right on that and made the trip... if only he could keep a job more than a few months.....

In article ,
says...

We are once again underway for a little boating adventure, and
hopefully by this time next month we will be deep into the Caribbean,
most probably the BVI or Leeward Islands. From there we'll work our
way south to Martinique and St Lucia in the Windward Islands before
turning around and heading back north. Some of you will remember
that we did mostly the same trip 3 years ago. It was arguably one of
the best boating cruises of my lifetime and hopefully this one will be
even better.

Anyone who wants to keep track of our progress or lack thereof can
keep track of us he

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0utTAiadygIUkT4LIXeoYfKADAn2Dkz os

Right now we're headed to Key West for a few days of watching my
oldest son racing sailboats in the annual Key West regatta, and after
that we'll head over to the Bahamas and start working our way farther
south as weather permits.

We'll have some internet access along the way but not everywhere, so
play nice in the meanwhile and try to think more about boating and
less about politics, gun control, abortion, etc.

Wow, what a nice trip, have a great time!

On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:02:50 -0500, Wayne B wrote:

We are once again underway for a little boating adventure, and
hopefully by this time next month we will be deep into the Caribbean,
most probably the BVI or Leeward Islands. From there we'll work our
way south to Martinique and St Lucia in the Windward Islands before
turning around and heading back north. Some of you will remember
that we did mostly the same trip 3 years ago. It was arguably one of
the best boating cruises of my lifetime and hopefully this one will be
even better.

Anyone who wants to keep track of our progress or lack thereof can
keep track of us he

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0utTAiadygIUkT4LIXeoYfKADAn2Dkz os

Right now we're headed to Key West for a few days of watching my
oldest son racing sailboats in the annual Key West regatta, and after
that we'll head over to the Bahamas and start working our way farther
south as weather permits.

We'll have some internet access along the way but not everywhere, so
play nice in the meanwhile and try to think more about boating and
less about politics, gun control, abortion, etc.

Have a super trip, and eat some bonito for me!


Salmonbait

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On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:02:50 -0500, Wayne B
wrote:

We are once again underway for a little boating adventure, and
hopefully by this time next month we will be deep into the Caribbean,
most probably the BVI or Leeward Islands. From there we'll work our
way south to Martinique and St Lucia in the Windward Islands before
turning around and heading back north. Some of you will remember
that we did mostly the same trip 3 years ago. It was arguably one of
the best boating cruises of my lifetime and hopefully this one will be
even better.

Anyone who wants to keep track of our progress or lack thereof can
keep track of us he

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0utTAiadygIUkT4LIXeoYfKADAn2Dkz os

Right now we're headed to Key West for a few days of watching my
oldest son racing sailboats in the annual Key West regatta, and after
that we'll head over to the Bahamas and start working our way farther
south as weather permits.

We'll have some internet access along the way but not everywhere, so
play nice in the meanwhile and try to think more about boating and
less about politics, gun control, abortion, etc.

========

We've made pretty good progress so far (presently at Chubb Cay in the
central Bahamas), and have had some interesting experiences along the
way. On day 2 we were heading SW from Marco Island towards Key West
in strong north easterly winds and 3 to 5 foot waves - not exactly
idylllic, but since we were headed downwind and surfing the waves,
fairly tolerable. Next thing I know an 87 foot Coast Guard cutter
with a pair of large machine guns on deck is pursuing us from astern.
They already had an inflatable and boarding party in the water so it
was clearly not going to be a social visit. The inflatable could not
keep up with our sprightly 9 knots so they radioed us to slow down to
5 knots, which we did of course. We were boarded by 5 heavily armed
young coasties who announced that they "wanted to see if we were safe
out here." The boarding officer was almost apologetic but said that
we were the only boat out that they had seen. We've been through
this before so all of our equipment was well in order, then they asked
for our boat documentation and "identificaion for everyone on board".
Since our passports were with the boat doc, I handed them in thinking
there could be no better proof of citizenship and ID. It turned out
they wanted driver's licenses however so they could run a search on
the NCIS database in the hope they could find unpaid parking tickets
perhaps? It was tempting to tell them that we didn't need drivers
licenses to be out there but discretion overruled that impulse. At
any rate we finally got a clean bill of health and were on our way.

Yesterday while heading across the Gulf Stream from the Florida Keys,
we were startled by the sight of a 25 to 30 inch fish which jumped
high in the air, even with the flybridge at about 15 feet, and sailed
clean across the boat to the other side. It was the most spectacular
jump I've ever seen from a fish that size.

The weather has been good so far and tomorrow we are headed south east
towards Nassau and he northern Exuma Islands. All systems are go -
especially the alternators thanks to Tim's good work.

In article ,
says...

On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:02:50 -0500, Wayne B
wrote:

We are once again underway for a little boating adventure, and
hopefully by this time next month we will be deep into the Caribbean,
most probably the BVI or Leeward Islands. From there we'll work our
way south to Martinique and St Lucia in the Windward Islands before
turning around and heading back north. Some of you will remember
that we did mostly the same trip 3 years ago. It was arguably one of
the best boating cruises of my lifetime and hopefully this one will be
even better.

Anyone who wants to keep track of our progress or lack thereof can
keep track of us he

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0utTAiadygIUkT4LIXeoYfKADAn2Dkz os

Right now we're headed to Key West for a few days of watching my
oldest son racing sailboats in the annual Key West regatta, and after
that we'll head over to the Bahamas and start working our way farther
south as weather permits.

We'll have some internet access along the way but not everywhere, so
play nice in the meanwhile and try to think more about boating and
less about politics, gun control, abortion, etc.

========

We've made pretty good progress so far (presently at Chubb Cay in the
central Bahamas), and have had some interesting experiences along the
way. On day 2 we were heading SW from Marco Island towards Key West
in strong north easterly winds and 3 to 5 foot waves - not exactly
idylllic, but since we were headed downwind and surfing the waves,
fairly tolerable. Next thing I know an 87 foot Coast Guard cutter
with a pair of large machine guns on deck is pursuing us from astern.
They already had an inflatable and boarding party in the water so it
was clearly not going to be a social visit. The inflatable could not
keep up with our sprightly 9 knots so they radioed us to slow down to
5 knots, which we did of course. We were boarded by 5 heavily armed
young coasties who announced that they "wanted to see if we were safe
out here." The boarding officer was almost apologetic but said that
we were the only boat out that they had seen. We've been through
this before so all of our equipment was well in order, then they asked
for our boat documentation and "identificaion for everyone on board".
Since our passports were with the boat doc, I handed them in thinking
there could be no better proof of citizenship and ID. It turned out
they wanted driver's licenses however so they could run a search on
the NCIS database in the hope they could find unpaid parking tickets
perhaps? It was tempting to tell them that we didn't need drivers
licenses to be out there but discretion overruled that impulse. At
any rate we finally got a clean bill of health and were on our way.

Yesterday while heading across the Gulf Stream from the Florida Keys,
we were startled by the sight of a 25 to 30 inch fish which jumped
high in the air, even with the flybridge at about 15 feet, and sailed
clean across the boat to the other side. It was the most spectacular
jump I've ever seen from a fish that size.

The weather has been good so far and tomorrow we are headed south east
towards Nassau and he northern Exuma Islands. All systems are go -
especially the alternators thanks to Tim's good work.

Good deal!! Please repost your tracking URL I enjoy watching your
progress!

On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 09:14:49 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:02:50 -0500, Wayne B
wrote:

We are once again underway for a little boating adventure, and
hopefully by this time next month we will be deep into the Caribbean,
most probably the BVI or Leeward Islands. From there we'll work our
way south to Martinique and St Lucia in the Windward Islands before
turning around and heading back north. Some of you will remember
that we did mostly the same trip 3 years ago. It was arguably one of
the best boating cruises of my lifetime and hopefully this one will be
even better.

Anyone who wants to keep track of our progress or lack thereof can
keep track of us he

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0utTAiadygIUkT4LIXeoYfKADAn2Dkz os

Right now we're headed to Key West for a few days of watching my
oldest son racing sailboats in the annual Key West regatta, and after
that we'll head over to the Bahamas and start working our way farther
south as weather permits.

We'll have some internet access along the way but not everywhere, so
play nice in the meanwhile and try to think more about boating and
less about politics, gun control, abortion, etc.

========

We've made pretty good progress so far (presently at Chubb Cay in the
central Bahamas), and have had some interesting experiences along the
way. On day 2 we were heading SW from Marco Island towards Key West
in strong north easterly winds and 3 to 5 foot waves - not exactly
idylllic, but since we were headed downwind and surfing the waves,
fairly tolerable. Next thing I know an 87 foot Coast Guard cutter
with a pair of large machine guns on deck is pursuing us from astern.
They already had an inflatable and boarding party in the water so it
was clearly not going to be a social visit. The inflatable could not
keep up with our sprightly 9 knots so they radioed us to slow down to
5 knots, which we did of course. We were boarded by 5 heavily armed
young coasties who announced that they "wanted to see if we were safe
out here." The boarding officer was almost apologetic but said that
we were the only boat out that they had seen. We've been through
this before so all of our equipment was well in order, then they asked
for our boat documentation and "identificaion for everyone on board".
Since our passports were with the boat doc, I handed them in thinking
there could be no better proof of citizenship and ID. It turned out
they wanted driver's licenses however so they could run a search on
the NCIS database in the hope they could find unpaid parking tickets
perhaps? It was tempting to tell them that we didn't need drivers
licenses to be out there but discretion overruled that impulse. At
any rate we finally got a clean bill of health and were on our way.

Yesterday while heading across the Gulf Stream from the Florida Keys,
we were startled by the sight of a 25 to 30 inch fish which jumped
high in the air, even with the flybridge at about 15 feet, and sailed
clean across the boat to the other side. It was the most spectacular
jump I've ever seen from a fish that size.

The weather has been good so far and tomorrow we are headed south east
towards Nassau and he northern Exuma Islands. All systems are go -
especially the alternators thanks to Tim's good work.

Good deal!! Please repost your tracking URL I enjoy watching your
progress!

====

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Wayne, Geoff Schultz has developed a means to interrogate the SPOT site to
get continuous data for their maps on his blog (bluejacket). You might want
to look at it; right now I'm a bit busy to do that :{))

L8R

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On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 15:41:06 -0500, "Flying Pig"
wrote:

Wayne, Geoff Schultz has developed a means to interrogate the SPOT site to
get continuous data for their maps on his blog (bluejacket). You might want
to look at it; right now I'm a bit busy to do that :{))

====

Interesting, I'll take a look at it when I get a chance. Thanks.

Currently anchored at Highbourne Cay, farther south tomorrow. All
systems are go, weather warm and windy (15 to 20 kts) out of the north
east.

On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 00:35:14 -0500, Wayne B
wrote:

On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:02:50 -0500, Wayne B
wrote:

We are once again underway for a little boating adventure, and
hopefully by this time next month we will be deep into the Caribbean,
most probably the BVI or Leeward Islands. From there we'll work our
way south to Martinique and St Lucia in the Windward Islands before
turning around and heading back north. Some of you will remember
that we did mostly the same trip 3 years ago. It was arguably one of
the best boating cruises of my lifetime and hopefully this one will be
even better.

Anyone who wants to keep track of our progress or lack thereof can
keep track of us he

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0utTAiadygIUkT4LIXeoYfKADAn2Dkz os

Right now we're headed to Key West for a few days of watching my
oldest son racing sailboats in the annual Key West regatta, and after
that we'll head over to the Bahamas and start working our way farther
south as weather permits.

We'll have some internet access along the way but not everywhere, so
play nice in the meanwhile and try to think more about boating and
less about politics, gun control, abortion, etc.

========

We've made pretty good progress so far (presently at Chubb Cay in the
central Bahamas), and have had some interesting experiences along the
way. On day 2 we were heading SW from Marco Island towards Key West
in strong north easterly winds and 3 to 5 foot waves - not exactly
idylllic, but since we were headed downwind and surfing the waves,
fairly tolerable. Next thing I know an 87 foot Coast Guard cutter
with a pair of large machine guns on deck is pursuing us from astern.
They already had an inflatable and boarding party in the water so it
was clearly not going to be a social visit. The inflatable could not
keep up with our sprightly 9 knots so they radioed us to slow down to
5 knots, which we did of course. We were boarded by 5 heavily armed
young coasties who announced that they "wanted to see if we were safe
out here." The boarding officer was almost apologetic but said that
we were the only boat out that they had seen. We've been through
this before so all of our equipment was well in order, then they asked
for our boat documentation and "identificaion for everyone on board".
Since our passports were with the boat doc, I handed them in thinking
there could be no better proof of citizenship and ID. It turned out
they wanted driver's licenses however so they could run a search on
the NCIS database in the hope they could find unpaid parking tickets
perhaps? It was tempting to tell them that we didn't need drivers
licenses to be out there but discretion overruled that impulse. At
any rate we finally got a clean bill of health and were on our way.

Yesterday while heading across the Gulf Stream from the Florida Keys,
we were startled by the sight of a 25 to 30 inch fish which jumped
high in the air, even with the flybridge at about 15 feet, and sailed
clean across the boat to the other side. It was the most spectacular
jump I've ever seen from a fish that size.

The weather has been good so far and tomorrow we are headed south east
towards Nassau and he northern Exuma Islands. All systems are go -
especially the alternators thanks to Tim's good work.

====

Just arrived at South Side Marina in the Turks and Caicos after a
moderately challenging run south from the Exuma Islands. We'll
probably be here for 2 or 3 days while we rest up and plan out the
next leg of the trip, most likely the Dominican Republic or possibly
all the way to Puerto Rico if we have a really good weather window.

We caught a nice Mahi Mahi about 20 miles SE of the Exumas and
promptly cooked it up for dinner that evening. Delicious.

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