Staying put..........

With a pretty strong cold front coming through we opted to stay at Double Breasted. It came through about 2:00pm Thurs and kept us on our toes for a couple of hours. Nearby Settlement Point clocked winds to 45 knts. Our new friends on Windfree, a 40' Baba even felt their boat heal as the storm came through! A very big"thank you" to Mike & Gloria (Windfree) for giving us hard copy weather reports, sending emails and single-side band communication for us. Yup, that's a complete 360 turn on the hook you see! Thanks to our big "A" spade anchor and 30' ft of chain!

Just a few more shots

On to ............

Double Breasted Keys. This is an absolutely gorgeous spot!!! GH sailed 18nm north and west to this very special spot. After a tricky entrance "shallow draft rules!!" we were in heaven! White sugar sand, great holding in about 7' of water and water so clear it's unbelievable!!

More from Great Sale

Laying at anchor and sit back and enjoy the view!

Great Sale Key, Abaco

We spent two nights here. Of course, as is the usual custom on GH after the hook is down we get ready to relax and always enjoy our "post sail brew"!! Hey, Bob & Steph!!! This particular brand is brewed in Rochester, NY and is a whopping $2.99 a six pack!! Can you say Genesee?!?

MORE!!!!!

Come aboard!!!! Enjoy the sail!!!

Heading for Little Bahama Bank

Sunday March 6th we departed Sunrise Resort about 8:00am with a south/south-easterly breeze 15-18 knts shifting to the southwest. We had a great sail and Grey Hound covered 85nm arriving at Great Sale Key around 4:30pm!

Port Lucaya, Grand Bahama

The Saturday (March 5) before we left Sunrise Resort we took in a day trip to the town of Port Lucaya. The town offers numerous shops, hotels and fantastic beaches. The harbor is very protected and offers the only port entrance with nav lights on this part of Grand Bahama.

Our first batch of "stuff"!

Last night we decided to visit a condo complex to hear a presentation on the timeshare program. We of course had no real interest in buying one but it was interesting to hear the "big sell" and to see what the complex was like. We got a free breakfast and our first two bottles of rum along with two t-shirts! Than we ran away.....

Fish Fry - The Bahamas way

Every Wednesday the locals at Taino Beach put on quite a party. There are a number of small restaurants that do dinner and you can get snapper, conch, lobster and ribs. The cracked conch was very good and we had our dock friends at the table. Jim & Carol, s/v White Lilly are from the Kingston/Ottawa area along with Jim & Laurie on Kismet. We also had 3 Kiwis sitting at the next table who just bought their boat in the boatyard next to us and are getting her ready to head back to Christchurch, NZ. All 3 were there when they had the recent earthquake. That is "Gary" sitting on the table....their mascot!

Afterwards there was, of course the obligatory beach party.........some good dancing was had by all!

Sunrise Resort and Marina

Right now we will be in Sunrise Marina for a few days so the latest front can pass and the winds can lay down. The marina is great, really quiet and the dockmaster and everyone else is really friendly and helpful. The facilities are pretty nice with a pool, ping pong & pool table, exercise room (we have stayed away from that!), floating dock and power. Behind us is our girlfriend Kismet and the boat in front of us is from Queensland, Australia.

We paid for water yesterday and Grey Hound got her first real wash. She and us were 100% salted after our gallop across the Gulf Stream. Now she is ship shape and ready for more miles.

ps: Crossing the Gulf Stream was a very appropriate place to pass 10,000 nautical miles on her. Now for the next 10,000!!

Flying our newest Burgee!

Good bye Cape Florida

Going out the Biscayne Channel. The Cape Florida Lighthouse

To recap...our last couple of days in Miami

In order to get ready for an early start Monday morning we left the anchorage near the yacht club and motored over to No Name Harbor Sunday night. Just before we left we got to see a rather interesting raft-up between a sailboat and a trawler. One should remember to never, never sail under full sail right in front of a big boat. With a deep kneel, this monohull managed to snag the mooring chain between the kneel and rudder and it took lots of little boats to play tugboat in order to get them "unrafted".

When we got to No Name Harbor there was a lot of activity and how the seaplane got up on the seawall, etc. There is never a dull moment around here!