Bernoulli Life

If you ever get the chance to travel to Spain, take it. Especially if you want to get away from the snow. We left shoveling for balmy 60-degree days and sunshine. We had the opportunity to visit family staying in Malaga, a city along the southern coast and bordering the Alboran Sea. While our visit … More Five Days in Spain

If you ever get the chance to travel to Spain, take it. Especially if you want to get away from the snow. We left shoveling for balmy 60-degree days and sunshine. We had the opportunity to visit family staying in Malaga, a city along the southern coast and bordering the Alboran Sea. While our visit … More Five Days in Spain

The sailing continued to be good.  We sailed until midnight before we ran the engine.  Taking two hour watches, the night progressed.  As usual, we saw some ships’ and boats’ lights.  But there was a set of big lights over the horizon on the edge of the Bahama Banks, with another materializing towards morning.  We … More Running for Home

So I guess if we aren’t allowed to move to other islands, then we’re not allowed to move.  Some debate began among boaters, parsing the wording and punctuation of the statement.  We figured we’d at least go to the fuel dock and make sure we were topped up with fuel and water in any case. … More Racing across the Bahamas

After visiting the Exuma Land and Sea Park, we jumped on the northerly wind that followed.  With another cold front coming, we picked our way into Pipe Creek for all-weather protection.  While there, I saw a funky looking sailboat come through, and realized it was Jimmy Buffett!  Sadly, I have no story of an impromptu … More Love in the Time of COVID-19

We picked our weather window and we got here. It was our bumpiest crossing out of three so far. The worst forecast I saw was for 5’ swells in the Gulf Stream, and it turns out that one was right! There was no wind, so we weren’t able to raise a sail to dampen our … More Made it to the Bahamas

We have been hanging out in south Florida waiting for a weather window to cross the Gulf Stream to the Bahamas. We had hoped to reverse our trip home from last time and go all the way to the Berry Islands. But watching the forecasts, the windows revert to the east trade winds faster than … More Wait for it…