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.
Even living in earthly paradise requires household chores and Wednesday was a perfect domestic day as the harbor was glass-like without a ripple of wind on its surface. It’s these type of days that make for the driest and fastest dinghy rides into town, so we took full advantage of […]
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Tuesday dawned bright and sunny and the day began with morning yoga overlooking the Exuma Sound at Kavalli House. Thanks again to our lovely personal yogi, Erin, for taking us through another centering and challenging session in such a spectacular setting. Striking a pose at Kevalli House Unstriking pose at […]
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Imagine a warm, tropical beach with a dense row of dinghies clung to its shoreline like ants on their hill. Now, picture twice that amount of cruisers scurrying atop the sand visiting rows of decorated tables while the sounds of Bob Marley and Jimmy Buffet float over the surf. At […]
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Our last day in Farmers Cay was spent dinghy exploring and lobster hunting. The hunting party was unsuccessful in finding lobster but we did find a huge starfish and lots of sand dollars. Matt just up from checking a coral head for dinner An early Wednesday morning had us heading […]
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Sunday dawned with brisk winds, and without CP (no weather reports from him on Sundays), the morning was spent waking up late (8:00) and enjoying a leisurely breakfast. Around lunch, the guys dinghyied down to Cave Rock Cay to get diesel ($5/gal) and gasoline ($5.50/gal), filling everyone’s jerry jugs. After […]
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Morning came on Friday as scheduled and we pulled up our anchor from Castle Beach and pointed the bow toward Little Farmers Cay. Sailing south from Black Point to Little Farmers Cay Our main pulling us through the clear blue water Moments out of the anchorage we had the sails […]
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We stretched into the day with morning yoga again at Regatta Point. Amy coached us through a challenging and balancing flow of vinyasas, even adding in an inversion head stand that got our blood going for the day. Christie and Amy enjoying the view The yoga crewed walked down the […]
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With plans to move Kaleo around to the anchorage closest to town, we got moving early right after Chris Parker’s weather report at 6:30. The day was framed around several trips into town so we wanted “home” to be closer for easier dinghy runs. After setting the hook in the […]
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Monday brought strong winds which would make for wet dinghy rides and unpleasant sailing so we spent the morning hanging out on the boat. Just before lunch the winds let up so we grabbed the opportunity for a drier dinghy ride and headed into the beach, then made the 2-mile […]
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