As part of homeschooling today, I decided to interview the kids and get their feedback on living on a boat for the last 5 months. Additionally, Jen and I answered the questions. Below is a picture of their handwritten responses to work on their handwriting, and then I typed them into this blog. Camden is taking after his…
A week ago we left New Providence around 4 pm and set off toward The Abacos. We knew the trip would take over 15 hours so we sailed mostly at night so the kids could sleep through it. The winds were around 20 knots and the seas were around 6 feet. The winds and seas…
Our last stop in The Exumas this year was Cambridge Cay. We buddy boated from Staniel to Cambridge with Chip and Elizabeth. This was the most remote part we traveled to but it was the best exploring. We can’t wait to return here next year. Marc and I made every attempt to homeschool Joellen and Camden every…
As we began this journey, we had a desire to learn to fish. For me (Marc), I grew up fishing bass in ponds and then up in Canada in Lake Erie but it was something I did occasionally and wasn’t very good at. My Grandpa Joe found such joy in it and was a darn good fisherman. I know…
I can’t believe our little Maria (nickname Rascal) turned three on April 26. Even though we still call her “the baby”, it hit me on her birthday that she’s really growing up. Marc and I comment on a frequent basis how much Maria has matured during our short time thus far at sea. This was a low…
After Warderick Wells we sailed south to Staniel Cay. We met lots of new friends from other cruisers to local Bahamians on Staniel. We dropped anchor around noon on April 21 and dinghyed over to town because we were hoping to find some food outside of our carbohydrate genre (on the boat our lunch options are either cheese…
Ahhhhh…life is good. Truly life has never been better. We have not had internet for weeks but I’m plugged in today so I’m blogging like a madwoman. We are loving The Exumas and can’t rave about it enough. Everyone told us the water in The Exumas is the best in the Caribbean and they were…
Disclaimer: Blog posts like this one are not to come across as ‘holier than thou’ or that we are better than other cruisers. That is not our intention at all nor do we think that. We write this blog to keep in contact with family and friends but also to record our trip so that Marc,…
We are currently in New Providence (island where Nassau is). But Bimini was so much fun. We hung out in Bimini for a week with lots of other sailboats, including our friends on Rafiki.Kathryn carried Maria around everywhere.We left Bimini last week with a bunch of other boats. Here we are heading out of Bimini.We…
Last Sunday we woke up at 3 am and made a calm and uneventful crossing to The Bahamas. The kids loved waking up to see the sun rise in front of our bow.It is WAY laid back here in The Bahamas, just like everyone had warned. As we approached Bimini we tried to hail The…
Love at First Sail 