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Log 11: Diving in Darkness with Flesh-Eating Shrimp
The cloudy skies above us begin to dissipate as we slowly start the day anchored at Oven Rock, on Great Guana Cay, Exumas. Our new buds, Evan and Jackie on S/V Dacia and Ron and Cindy on S/V Reef’n It, have invited us to join them on a short hike to an underwater cave named Read more
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Log 10: Race to the Rock
Heeled over, side rails skirting the water, sails tight, tiller at full power, and uncontrollable giggles. We raced our new buds on S/V Dacia, a beautiful Tayana 37, down the west side of Great Guana Cay from Black Point to Oven Rock. Both beam reaching at 6-7 knots in 20 knot winds – not wanting Read more
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Log 9: The Quest for Coconut Bread
“Now this is more like it!” We grin drifting into the quiet and well protected anchorage in the settlement of Black Point on Great Guana Cay. As soon as we walk off the dinghy dock, we immediately feel the Bahamian hometown vibes we’ve heard about. Not long after we settle in, the coconut bread quest Read more
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Log 8: Thunder in the Sky, a Thunderous Surprise, and Thunderball Dives
Oh Staniel Cay, where piggies swim, thirsty sailors restock, and most famously, the Thunderball grotto lures snorkelers into its stunning beauty. Admittedly, I wasn’t thrilled on arrival. We sail into the large anchorage just west of Big Majors Cay across from Pig Beach, and there was a TON of boats. Preferring the more secluded anchorages, Read more
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Log 7: Blood, Sweat, & Happy Tears in Exumas Land & Sea National Park
We toss ourselves out of Scout (our dinghy) backwards, in the chilly crystal-clear water below the boat. Mask and fins strapped on; we snorkel towards the tall rock island covered in vegetation called the Rocky Dundas. Our Explorer Charts tell us about a beautiful limestone cave inside with impressive stalactites and stalagmites formations reaching out Read more
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Log 6: Anchoring, Iguanas, and Plane Crashes… Oh My…
Standing on the deck slopping wet from an ocean dip, we briskly rubbed a soap bar across us, and jumped back into the chilly water below. Just 20 minutes before, we finally anchored at Allen’s Cay after a bumpy 8-hour upwind sail. Honestly, we didn’t think the water was going to be this cold! But Read more
Sailing la Cosmica 