After a few days at Shroud Cay, we head north to spend Thanksgiving at Highbourne Cay. We explore the island by golf cart and find some great snorkeling on the Atlantic side of the island.
Mangroves and Water Toys at Shroud Cay
We leave Nassau and spend a few days anchored off Shroud Cay, where we explore the mangroves, snorkel some great spots, and put some of our new water toys to good use, including our new Rainman watermaker.
Nassau and Atlantis
In our latest installment, we spend some time at our favorite marina on New Providence Island, pick up Grandma and Pop Pop in Nassau, and head to Atlantis for a few days to celebrate Katie’s 8th birthday.
Bimini to Nassau
After spending a few days in Bimini enjoying the crystal clear waters we push on with an overnight trip to Nassau, where we’ll be picking up guests for Thanksgiving week. Enjoy, and don’t forget to like and subscribe!
We’re YouTubers!
Well, it’s a bit late, but we actually committed to getting our YouTube channel going and put up our first full-length episode. In this installment we cross the Gulf Stream from South Florida to Bimini while covering a bit of our back story. Now that we have everything set up, we have no excuse for not getting more episodes out! So if you like what you see, Like and Subscribe!
Happy New Year!
Well, it’s been quite a while since our last post. We figured we would start off the new year with a renewed commitment to share more in this format, and hopefully get more video content posted on YouTube. Here’s a quick teaser of things to come in 2018!
And…We’re Back!
Ok. So clearly blogging is not our thing (yet). Since our last, first, and only post, we have sailed back up the Exumas, checked out Eleuthera, worked through the Abacos to West End, crossed back to West Palm Beach, worked up the Florida coast to Saint Augustine, prepped the boat for storage on the hard, hauled out, and have flown back to Connecticut to stay with friends and family for the summer. Whew! It certainly has felt like a whirlwind. During all of that, between finishing up the home school year, planning our route, checking out the various locations we’ve found ourselves in, and boat maintenance we still haven’t been able to find the time to regularly post long-form blog content. We have however, been pushing regular updates to our facebook page at facebook.com/sailingovertherainbow. Lots of pictures and even some videos to be found there, so definitely have a look.
In the meantime, we are now settling back into life in the civilized world. Paul will be working to fill the cruising kitty for next season (yes we’re going back to the Bahamas!), and Alyssa will be managing the dizzying schedule of camps, play dates, and everything else that the girls get into over the summer. We’ll be in the Greenwich/Norwalk area until probably mid-July and will then be heading to Cape Cod until we fly back to our floating home in Florida around mid-September.
As for next season, we plan to leave Florida some time in November to head straight back to the Exumas via Bimini and Nassuau. Having gotten a taste of pretty much all of the Bahamas, the Exumas definitely stood out as our favorite place to explore. We love the pristine beaches, gin-clear warm water, and out of the way places to be found there. Eleuthera and the Abacos were nice – more civilized with cute towns and restaurants – but they really can’t compete with the Exumas if you’re looking for natural beauty, which is what we love!
So, maybe we’ll get better at sharing more on the blog and perhaps finally start our YouTube channel. We’ll probably have to shift our mindset a bit to “making time” instead of “finding time”.
Cheers for now!
It’s About Time!
Ever since we started talking to people about our plans to move onto a boat and sail, we’ve been saying that we would share as much as we could – blogs, photos, a YouTube channel, etc… Well, that turned out to be easier said than done given all of the other things we had on our plates that completely absorbed every bit of spare time we had. Between full days of traveling south on the ICW, homeschooling, planning our next leg, and boat maintenance there was just no time at all to think about anything else.
I’m happy to say that we’ve finally reached the point where we feel like we can catch our breath. After a journey of over 1500 nautical miles from Connecticut to George Town in the Bahamas, we have finally stopped to take a breath and have been basically staying put in George Town for the past month or so. There’s still homeschooling, provisioning, and boat maintenance of course, but we’ve had a bit of time to get back to thinking about sharing our experiences. So, expect to hear – and hopefully see – more from us in the coming weeks as we start making our way back north.