Sunday, February 15, 2015

Nassau


Travel together from Fort Pierce, Great Harbor to Nassau: Saber Tooth, Greenstone and Jump
 
 

 

 
We started from Great Harbor very early in the morning, by 6:00 o'clock the anchor was up, heading for Nassau, the distance about 56 NM, we calculated with the speed about 7 kn we can reach Nassau for 8 hours

 
The wave was a bit high, like mountain moving to us from port side

 

 

 

 Entering Nassau ...

 
A little bit of swell ...
 

 
Greenstone riding the top of a swell and Jump in the valley beside ...

 

 

 
Quarantine flag comes down and the Bahamas flag goes up ...
 

 
 
 

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Here we are..2015

Season of migrating south
We had a wonderful Christmas in Toronto with families and friends, another busy time of the year....and before New Year we went to Montreal spent time with more families there and waiting for the coming of our new grandson.
At New Year's Eve we spent time in Gananoque celebrating New Year with Annette and Steve (at their cottage), Shawn and Janet, Carole and Ed and Martin.
 
What a blessing year for the whole family, have addition of baby Leo...we can't stay long in Montreal, we have to back to Toronto, so many things to do, packing for our trip south.
 
Can't wait to see the sun and feel the warm of the sun..
 
 
 
 
But..it's not what we expected, we planned to spend a day in Baltimore for visiting.... and it ended we stayed there for 5 days, problem with the car and had to wait for the part.
 
 
 
 
Hm...everything for good reason, more chance for visiting and relaxing, we understand that once we are in the boat the work will never end.
 
We arrived in St. Augustine on Sunday, the Marina is closed but luckily our friends from Toronto Gavin and Catherine were there already so they able to help us to open the gate.
 
4 days to prepare the boat for launching, washing with rain rinse and then find a dry window to wax ... shoulders are a little sore but she looks great ... new bottom paint and in she goes ...
 
 


 

Some Mast Maintenance ... and quite the view... a little windy at 15  knots ... 



 
Here is the view from the mast, Saber Tooth looks tiny..
 


 
Last season before backed home, we build a chair in the cockpit higher than the present seat, so the captain or the admiral can sit comfortably while on the helm hours and hours..

 
We got company for a while in our cruising from Coco to Fort Pierce, mama dolphin and the baby.
Nora was talking and singing to them, time to time they gave respond by jumping out from the water. You look into their eyes..yes you feel they talk back to you..

 

 

 

 
We even can see them smile to us...what a beautiful cruising time

 

 
The picture below, Greenstone followed by Jump just left Lake Worth (West Palm Beach),
we left from this inlet around 15:30, the wave and the wind were quiet high/choppy and strong

 

 

 

 

 

 
Sunset, we waited for the green flash but too much cloud, so no green flash..

 
and..below was sunrise after hours in the choppy water

 
What a beautiful sky,  the water was calmer

 
Hahaha the Captain was sleepy after the long night

 

 
We Anchor in Bahamas ... Great Harbor in the northern Berry's

 
A beautiful day ...  another Rainbow in Great Harbor ... it seems every time we are here we get this beautiful sight ...