Steadfast Ahoy

[...] Yes, it's been a long time.  Life happens.  I'm baaaaaaaaaaaack. This week, Captain B helped me celebrate a family tradition, one we as a family no longer do together.  When our kids [...]

[...] Lorna asked for a post about cruising/sea crossings/sailing.  Well...here it is. At supper, Captain B makes his announcement: -We're off the dock tomorrow and under way by 9:30 sharp! Note to those [...]

[...] to double check the channel as we picked and dodged our way thru.  Shallow, murky water makes Captain B very nervous.  Between November 2013 and April 2014, federal, state and county money, to the [...]

[...] maker died and NO ONE can survive a winter in the islands without one, so we need a new boat! Captain B and the Marina manager found a new ice maker that will fit where the old one was installed, so [...]

[...] , from the ice maker to my electric toothbrush.  I draw the line at the deep freezer on the fly bridge, but he turns off the refrigerator at night.  Good Grief, Charlie Brown!  You'd think we were [...]

[...] still peckish, probably a frozen pizza to fill the gap.  Did I mention the deep freezer on the fly bridge.  Every good homesteader has one, especially at sea  :) [...]

[...] mast went down and the jib flew off the bow, she was crushed against the steering wheel on the fly bridge of the 45 foot Lagoon Cat. -So how exactly did it happen that you ran into the bridge? -Well [...]

[...] staging for the next available crossing window. Underway by 11:30, we had a simple lunch on the fly bridge while we motored down the ICW (InterCoastal Waterway).  I got out my quilting books to amuse [...]

[...] B is studying his weather charts and making plans.  We will probably head into Highbourne Cay for the worst of it. Nelson is less than impressed with his "soft-focus" [...]

[...] !  Clear skies, calm seas.  Perfect for making the 50 mile or so crossing from Nassau to Highbourne Cay.  Here is a representative photo of the peaceful day we had...I was so into it, the [...]

[...] Here we are, the happy couple, warm and safe on board M/V Steadfast in Highbourne Cay. The same old characters are here, for instance, Joe from Cool Runnings, who will charge you $ [...]

[...] our favourite haunts in the central Exuma chain of islands.  After sitting for a week in Highbourne Cay, reveling in the delights of their 3 mile white sand beach, their restaurant with the to-die- [...]

[...] aboard to wash our boat two weeks ago. We pulled into Atlantis after a rough crossing from Spanish Wells, saltier than a Soda cracker, encrusted top to bottom, a total mess.  In his quiet and [...]

[...] waiting on friends to make an appearance in the Exumas, but they have been holed up in Spanish Wells for almost two months. Their case is an older, slower boat, towing a skiff (which makes [...]

[...] from the Mako Shark and Baracuda-infested waters off Chubb, to the rich fishing grounds near Spanish Wells.  Locals call this area the "Jerusalem of the Bahamas".  Are they referring to [...]

[...] .  The first year Steadfast came this way, there were no grocery stores between Nassau and Staniel Cay and then none until we reached Georgetown.  I use the term "grocery store" [...]

[...] on making ready, SonnyBoy got to pilot the small island hopper airplane from Nassau to Staniel Cay.  How is it I never get to do fun stuff like that????? Today we took the dingy 8.5 miles [...]

[...] days for things to calm enough to make the trip.  Wonderful changes waited to greet us!  The Staniel Cay Yatch Club has renoed their restaurant, expanded the kitchen, built new, modern bathrooms and [...]

[...] Back in the day, I'd never heard of Bass Pro Shop.  Who of us non-hunting, non-fishing types would have?  Then, fourteen years ago, we bought a [...]

[...] quicker than a 911 response is not a good, or acceptable thing. As Canada welcomes Bass Pro Shop to our home towns, we want to have it known that we decry the human tragedy of [...]

[...] (me) have graduated Power Squadron Basic Navigation courses.  Captain B has a certificate in VHF radio as well as diesel engine maintenance.  We subscribe to Chris Parker, NOAA, PassageMaker Weather [...]

[...] to render immediate assistance and advice as it becomes necessary.  We chatted them up on VHF radio to double check the channel as we picked and dodged our way thru.  Shallow, murky water [...]

[...] am warmer now, I would like to share the beautiful autumn of Southern Ontario with my blogging buddies. Last Sunday, Hubby and I found a country road we had never driven before.  A total [...]

[...] time.  Beautiful.  Breathtaking.  And of course, FAMILY time.  The very best. May all my blogging buddies have a blessed Yuletide with families and friends and may Jesus' love shine in your hearts [...]

[...] . Tomorrow, we leave at 8 am.  We are shipshape and bristol for the morrow.  Our aim is Chubb Cay and then on to Nassau, but you never know.  We may bail at Lucaya.  Right now, we have [...]

[...] well-deserved R&R.  If things look good on Sunday, we will make our next move, probably to Chubb Cay.  Maybe some fishing too?????  Wish me luck, and stay tuned for what comes next.  One never [...]

[...] , building turbulent seas and uncomfortable sailing conditions. From Bimini to the St. Lucie inlet took about 61/2 hours--a pleasant, uneventful crossing under clear skies and calm seas.  Thank [...]

[...] sign, as you will soon learn.  As we approached the intersection of the ICW and the St. Lucie Inlet to the Atlantic, there was some quiet discussion about did we want to "go outside& [...]