• Letting The Days Go By At Mayaguana

    My anxiety mirrored the wind, a constant vigilance, accompanied by gusts of reaction to every stimulus. I worried about hurricanes, dragging anchor, the relentless wind, high waves pinning us in port, squalls, running out of water, running out of food, not being able to sleep. I had to work on the vital skill of letting…

  • Hurricane Season in the Out Islands

    Sailing through the Bahamas means studying charts every single day. Sailing the Bahamas during Hurricane Season you’d better study the weather too.

  • Bite-sized Adventures in the Exumas

    If my time in Nassau exposed a series of fears, traveling through the Exumas brought me back to my preferred state: adventure. Of course, the two are often intertwined. And really: What is Adventure? Pretty much everything you encounter while traveling is an adventure. Just going grocery shopping can qualify. Once you figure out which…

  • Your Fear Is The Most Boring Thing About You: A series of scary events in Nassau

    There are Many Things to be Anxious About When Cruising Learning to sail a boat. Leaving the safety of home. Crossing borders. Meeting new people. I’ve felt all these excitements and anxieties since we took off on this voyage in April of 2022. And then there’s real fear. Mine crops up before a long sail…

  • Learning to See Islands

    Bimini to Great Harbor Cay, Berry Islands With the goal of crossing the Gulf Stream achieved, our perspective changed. We’d braved the open sea, and made it to a Bahamian island. The accomplishment obliterated self doubt about our seamanship skills – momentarily – while we soaked in new experiences of an unfamiliar land. Islands now…

  • Crossing the Gulf Stream

    Facing a Watery Bogeyman If ever there was an expectation built up in my mind, it was the fearsome conditions to be found when crossing the Gulf Stream, and the 45 miles of open water between Florida and the Bahamas. Stories of misadventure in the Gulf Stream abound. We’ve heard tales of boats blown off…

  • Letting The Days Go By At Mayaguana

    My anxiety mirrored the wind, a constant vigilance, accompanied by gusts of reaction to every stimulus. I worried about hurricanes, dragging anchor, the relentless wind, high waves pinning us in port, squalls, running out of water, running out of food, not being able to sleep. I had to work on the vital skill of letting…

  • Hurricane Season in the Out Islands

    Sailing through the Bahamas means studying charts every single day. Sailing the Bahamas during Hurricane Season you’d better study the weather too.

  • Bite-sized Adventures in the Exumas

    If my time in Nassau exposed a series of fears, traveling through the Exumas brought me back to my preferred state: adventure. Of course, the two are often intertwined. And really: What is Adventure? Pretty much everything you encounter while traveling is an adventure. Just going grocery shopping can qualify. Once you figure out which…

  • Your Fear Is The Most Boring Thing About You: A series of scary events in Nassau

    There are Many Things to be Anxious About When Cruising Learning to sail a boat. Leaving the safety of home. Crossing borders. Meeting new people. I’ve felt all these excitements and anxieties since we took off on this voyage in April of 2022. And then there’s real fear. Mine crops up before a long sail…

  • Learning to See Islands

    Bimini to Great Harbor Cay, Berry Islands With the goal of crossing the Gulf Stream achieved, our perspective changed. We’d braved the open sea, and made it to a Bahamian island. The accomplishment obliterated self doubt about our seamanship skills – momentarily – while we soaked in new experiences of an unfamiliar land. Islands now…

  • Crossing the Gulf Stream

    Facing a Watery Bogeyman If ever there was an expectation built up in my mind, it was the fearsome conditions to be found when crossing the Gulf Stream, and the 45 miles of open water between Florida and the Bahamas. Stories of misadventure in the Gulf Stream abound. We’ve heard tales of boats blown off…