Before kids, we took a break from our advertising jobs to spend a year sailing the U.S. Gulf Coast, throughout the Bahamas to the remote Jumentos Islands, then up the Eastern Seaboard to Annapolis, MD. Our home was a modest Aloha 34, named Kaleo (ka-lay-o). This time was meaningful, having built lifelong relationships and seeing part of the world in such a unique way.
The blog and Kaleo have been pretty quiet the past week while Christie flew to Houston to reprovision on family time and a few things that aren’t readily available out here. She left on Sunday morning and after another Bahamas church service (just as long but without the shouting), I […]
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Friday arrived with one thing on our mind. The results of the races were to be announced that evening at the Regatta Awards Ceremony. We won 1st Overall in our class! “Around the Island” Race Crew with 2nd place finish flag, custom caps & bottle o’ rum “SYL” volunteered to be […]
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All the activity and action from the past two weeks’ Regatta had taken its toll and we were looking for a great place to relax. The gals soaking in the sun Red Shanks is an anchorage about five miles south of George Town but no where near the same pace. […]
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The Kaleo crew was up early to enjoy a warm and filling breakfast of Migas before boarding “SYL” at 8:30 to prep for the day’s race. The “Around the Island Race” is an 18.5 mile course that starts and ends in Elizabeth Harbour and makes a circle around Lee Stocking […]
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Certain days are perfect domestic days, and those are usually the ones when the wind is dead so the dinghy rides will be dry. Monday lived up to its forecast as there wasn’t a ripple on the water’s surface. After breakfast and a visit from the pump-out boat, we met […]
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Another windy but beautiful day woke us on Sunday as we made plans with “Morning Glory” to go into town for church. They were kind enough to take their big boat, making it a drier ride than if we had taken our dinghies. We arrived at the Baptist church, just […]
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Recharged and ready for the day, we enjoyed a warm and filling breakfast of Migas, then dinghyied over to “Morning Glory” and “Sea Yawl Later” who were rafted up together. The “SYL” crew ready to race It was the Regatta’s “In-Harbor Race” Day and Matt was crewing aboard “SYL” with […]
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Friday was an R ‘n’ R day aboard Kaleo. Not only were we wiped out from the action of the Coconut Harvest, but we had a eventful and restless Thursday night. The calm waters before the evening winds picked up At about midnight, our anchor drag alarm sounded and Matt […]
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It was an action-packed morning as Kaleo teamed up with Steve on “Anchor Management” and Erin on “SYL” to enter the “Texas Navy” in this year’s Cruising Regatta’s Coconut Challenge! Team “Texas Navy” We listened to the weather report on the morning net as we gathered all the supplies for […]
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