Family and Friends

It’s not all beaches, eating, and drinking down here. Hope Town attracts and creates lots of interesting things to attend and to do.There’s been some singing and writing going on around here. In January, the Princeton co-ed acapella singing group, … Continued

Kindred Spirit, the Mariner Orient 38 trawler, is a multi-talented boat. She is our home for now and our transportation. She has served as a cargo ship and a temporary storage unit for friends. Yesterday, Kindred Spirit tried out a … Continued

We get one nice day per week now, an improvement from the no nice days, week after week. “Nice” is defined as no rain, low winds. We’re not asking much, are we? We packed lunches and took off in our … Continued

Finally! A stretch of good weather!! Time to get away for a few days. We, with Laurie and Peter on Navigator, left Hope Town and headed south towards Little Harbor. Our first travel leg was very short – Tahiti Beach, only … Continued

Ok, it hasn’t been “frightful” here, but the weather has certainly been less than “delightful”, as the song goes, especially for the Bahamas. Our families up north in Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York City, and Connecticut experienced the first real winter … Continued

It’s no secret that the weather this winter here in the Bahamas is not up to the standard we experienced during our first trip. Too windy, too cloudy, sometimes even too rainy. We haven’t been able to leave the harbor … Continued

It’s no secret that we do miss sailing – that smooth and silent glide through the water, powered only by wind. Two years ago we raced our Morgan 43 sailboat, Kindred Spirit, in two (Boxing Day and Founder’s Cup) of … Continued

 The Bahamas experienced strong winds and some heavy rains this week, just for a day or two. Our friends in Georgetown, in the Exumas, had a much rougher go of it (gusts over 50 knots with a reported 100+ knots … Continued

One of the things I like the most about the Bahamas is the water. I love sailing and boating during the New England summers, but the northern water cannot compare to this water –turquoise, aqua, teal colors and so clear. … Continued

It takes us older folks more days to say good by to one year and ring in a new year, so we began on December 30th. Crazy night people that we are, we began the 2015 Farewell/ 2016 Welcome that evening … Continued