Normans Cay is famous for its sunken airplane. The story is that this island was used by a drug cartel in the 1970s and 1980s to smuggle cocaine from South America into the US. Around that time one of the small propeller planes crashed into the water, and now it…
Our next stop was Allens Cay. To get there we had to cross the Exuma bank. We were advised to make sure we had a good weather window, with good visibility, to watch out for coral heads as we went. It’s all about VPR (visual piloting rules), using the color…
We left Chub Cay and decided to spend a few days in West Bay, New Providence Island. It was recommended to us by some friends as a quiet and secluded alternative to Nassau, with access to the airport so Capt Jen could fly back home to Miami. Before she left…
We got up early from Bimini with quite an agenda for the day. First stop was Cat Cay. On the way we got to snorkel the wreck of Sapona. The kids loved getting to dive the anchor and see how well it was holding, we then explored around the wreck…
Finally our trip to the Bahamas! We got up at 3:30, left the mooring ball by 4:15. Then navigated our way across Biscayne Bay and out the channel in the pitch black dark to the ocean then started our crossing. Initially there was no wind or waves—we had to motor.…
We are so excited to finally be going to the Bahamas, but the prep is a lot of work! In fact, it deserves its own blog entry. We are including this trip as part of our training, Kim and Amy are getting certified in ASA 105 (Coastal Navigation) and ASA…
The time has come for us to leave the Keys. We need to go to Miami to prepare for our next adventure. It takes us two days to make the journey, one day from Marathon Key to Key Largo, the next day from Key Largo to Miami. The boat in…
Finally we made it to the Florida Keys. We spent a couple of days in Key Largo and then headed to Boot Key Harbor in Marathon Key. The month of January had rough weather. Seemed like one storm after another passed through. Fortunately we were well protected in Boot Key…
Ben has set up a YouTube channel for Wonderstruck. Here’s a link to it and to the first video he made with his drone footage. https://m.youtube.com/channel/UClb4fYIK3hOfgxh7VqaAz9Q I believe you can also go to YouTube and type in Sailing Wonderstruck and find it that way
We are having so much fun here at the anchorage in Marine Stadium. I drove down from Orlando in time for Christmas. First order of business: laundry. We had 12 loads of laundry to do and completely took over a local laundromat. Now that we had clean sheets, towels and…