Sunday, May 18, 2014

SAILING AWAY: Year One, Phase Two




Did you miss Phase One? It's right here: SAILING AWAY: Year One, Phase One

Finally our long-dreamed-of day arrived. We set out from Miami with a waypoint on Bimini. It was our first time to head east into the Atlantic, our first time to cross the storied Gulf Stream and our first time to sail to another country. What lay ahead? We couldn't think to dream… 


Miami to The Bahamas, Exumas, Eleuthera, Abacos

Parked in Paradise | Miami to Bimini | January 19, 2011 | More in my column
The boat rolled right and left, nose down, nose up, every which way in no particular pattern -- the only "pattern" that makes me seasick. And yes, I got nauseous. And then I threw up my ginger ale, right into the Gulf Stream. Take that!


Bimini to Staniel Cay, The Bahamas
Yay for turquoise water!!! With the Gulf Stream behind us, we felt grateful and lucky that Mother Ocean had treated us so kindly but had no idea how soon our luck would turn. We had one more hurdle before we reached uninterrupted paradise.

Photos of Bimini | Bimini | January 19, 2011 | More in my column
Tongue Lashing, our first butt-kicking | Nassau | January 22, 2011 | Nassau photos
Our Girl | Rose Island | January 31, 2011 | Rose Island photos
To the Exumas | to Highborne Cay | February 4, 2011 | Highborne photos
Normans Cay, The Happy Side | to Normans Cay | February 6, 2011 | Normans photos
Normans Underbelly | Normans Cay | February 8, 2011
The Reality of Dreaming | Warderick Wells | February 10, 2011 | More in my column
Fulfilled and Half Empty |  Staniel Cay | February 16, 2011 | Sights of Staniel & Big Majors photos



Sampson Cay to Long Island
The day after our kids left, our friends on Jessie Marie arrived, and we resumed the idyllic life of lolling in paradise, one island at a time.

The Gratitude Dance | to Sampson Cay | February 17, 2011 | photos
Three Sheets to the Wind | to Bell Island | February 20, 2011
Piping Hot | to Pipe Creek | February 23, 2011 | photos
OH SHEET | to Black Point | February 25, 2011 | More
Through Willie's Eyes | Black Point | February 28, 2011 | photos
Reward for a Job Done | Black Point | March 2, 2011 | More on blog | More in my column
Caving In | to Cave Cay | March 7, 2011
Cutting Into Deep Water | to Lee Stocking Island | March 9, 2011 | photos
A New Leaf | to Leaf Cay | March 10, 2011
Showers and Other Blessings | to Emerald Bay | March 10, 2011
Ode to Friendship | road trip to George Town | March 12, 2011 | More in my column
Stocking Islanders | Emerald Bay | March 13, 2011
Supermoon, Superdumb | to George Town | March 20, 2011
It's Not IKEA, Swedish Day onboard Cara Mia | George Town | March 21, 2011
Where North Meets South | George Town | March 21, 2011
Brought to You by the Color Blue | to Salt Pond, Long Island | March 26, 2011 | photos
Blue or Black | to Deans Blue Hole | March 27, 2011 | photos
Not for Tourists | Salt Pond, Long Island | March 29, 2011
Bitten | Salt Pond, Long Island | April 1, 2011 | photos
While We Are Waiting | Pratts Hill, Long Island | April 2, 2011 | photos



My Freediving Interlude at Deans Blue Hole
My journalism career had been long dormant when I visited Deans Blue Hole and heard people in wetsuits screaming BREATHE, BREATHE! The latent journalist in me screamed as well, and I wrote an article about Freediving for the New York Times -- and these posts in the blog:

The Rides | Long Island | April 10, 2011
Freediving: A Curious Sport | Long Island | April 13, 2011
The Women of Freediving, the most popular post on this blog | Long Island | April 17, 2011
Free of Freediving | Long Island | April 20, 2011
A Reminder to Breathe | my column about Freediving in Classic Yacht ezine




Long Island to Spanish Wells, Eleuthera
After crossing the Tropic of Cancer, we turned north on our way back to the U.S. coast -- but not without a lot of island hopping on the way.

Bahamian Wings | George Town | April 29, 2011
New Crew Member | George Town | May 2, 2011
Working Boat | to Emerald Bay | May 9, 2011
Introducing Warderick Wells | Warderick Wells, Exumas | May 8, 2011 | photos
Crossing to New Ground | to Rock Sound, Eleuthera | May 9, 2011 | photos
A Brush with Governor's Harbor | to Governor's Harbor | May 12, 2011
A Fish Tale | to Spanish Wells | May 14, 2011 | photos
Inside the Side Trip | Dunmore Town | May 16, 2011 | photos



Abacos
The Abacos were our last island chain to conquer in The Bahamas. We sailed across the Tongue of the Ocean from Spanish Wells to Lynyrd Cay and then to revisit the first place we had dared to dream.

Better Than Hope | Hope Town | May 20, 2011 | photos
On Top of the World | Hope Town | May 24, 2011 | photos | More in my column
Island Hopping | Great Guana Cay | May 26, 2011
Another Hop | Green Turtle Cay | May 27, 2011
Barracudas Don't Wait | Spanish Cay | June 2, 2011
The Last Stop | Great Sale Cay | June 3, 2011
Can Water Be Sad? | Great Sale Cay | June 5, 2011
Time to Go! | Great Sale Cay | June 6, 2011

On June 7, we left Great Sale midmorning to face the Gulf Stream once again, this time east to west.

SAILING AWAY: Year One, Phase Three, coming soon.

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