Author: Paul

After weeks of practicing, the girls and some of the other kids in the harbor finally get to show off their talent in the Cruising Regatta talent show! And, of course, there’s plenty of time for beach bonfires, fun in the sun, and some much needed beach cleanup.

How is it that weekends tends to be our busiest days? We attend a beach workshop on making conch horns, have a blast at an “escape beach” event put on by another cruising family, and almost miss the deadline for extending our visas!

Kids activities are heating up as boats continue to stream into the harbor for the annual Cruisers Regatta. After some boring boat work, we organize a kid boat bonfire, and the kids check out a kids-only yoga class on the beach!

During our trip down the Exumas we buried a real pirate treasure for you to find… if you can. The clues are in this video. Post a pic of your find to the Facebook group Buried Treasure: Bahamas, and put it back where you found it! We’re hoping that others will hide treasures as well and we can all have fun following clues and digging up pirate treasure as we scoot around the islands.

We settle into life on the hook in Elizabeth Harbor as the number of cruisers here continues to grow past 200 boats! The girls attend their first ukulele class on the beach, we do some snorkeling with friends, and Alyssa explores some of the many hiking trails on Stocking Island. Oh, and some anchoring drama unfolds!

We do the George Town shuffle and move around the harbor again – this time to take in the local Junkanoo festival. Then we ring in the new year at cruisers’ midnight with a beach bonfire and potluck dinner with some of our fellow cruisers.

Merry Christmas! We try out a new anchorage to get our guests back to the airport, and explore 18th century ruins and an abandoned resort on a mysterious forbidden island.

We pick up Grandma and Pop Pop at Emerald Bay Marina, get into the Christmas spirit, and make the quick hop south to Elizabeth Harbor and George Town, the Mecca for cruisers in the Bahamas.

We hike to the top of the tallest point in the Exumas for a spectacular view, then make our way south to Emerald Bay Marina and get a taste of the local school system.

After a brief return to Nassau, we head back to the Exumas and work our way south. We meet some friendly pigs, get a night out on the “town”, and squeeze through some really shallow spots to get to Lee Stocking Island.