#sailing The Bahamian waters are crystal clear and make viewing sea life easy.
This beautiful spotted eagle ray swam along side our Lagoon 380 at slow speed. I was so excited that I had time to get my camera and snap this photo. The water is nine feet deep here, but it looks like we are about to go aground.
#sailing The Bahamas provides a wide range of wind for a cruiser. Sometimes it too much and we have to find a protected anchorage. Sometimes it’s too little for windsurfing.
So for the light wind day, our friends brought out the kayak – sailboat. It’s an interesting contraption. For kayaking, the rider pedals the boat to propel it forward. If it’s windy, then the wind does the work.
There’s always a new way to spend time and here is Matt trying out the gear.
Check out the colour of the water!
#Sailing The best way to keep your dog happy while underway it to exhaust them first. Farley and Jasper had a 5K beach run before getting onboard for a day of deep sea fishing.
I’d say they look pretty happy. And so were we after catching Tuna and Mahi Mahi.
#sailing Does it get any better than pulling a Mahi Mahi up the back steps of your catamaran? Bahamas offers incredible deep sea fishing. The catamaran offers a great platform to fish from.
Get your gaff ready, fish bag open, and pull it aboard. Then get ready for a fantastic meal.
#sailing Our dogs love the beach. While we’re windsurfing, kiting, kayaking or swimming, the dogs are able to entertain themselves. Farley and Cali have become BFFs. They watch with concern while the gang gets geared up for another windsurfing/kiting session.
There are many uninhabited islands in the Bahamas and this means the dogs spend hour after hour off leash. There’s nowhere for them to disappear to. There’s nothing that can hurt them – well, that’s not quite true.
The sting rays can be a problem for dogs. If your dog is prone to chase them, they are likely to get stung. Not a fun experience.
The dogs keep fit digging, running, swimming and chasing crabs.
#sailing Part of the fun of cruising for the winter is the wildlife. This sea turtle swam right past our catamaran.
The dog barks frantically, telling something is amiss. I guess he’s not sure what’s in the water and so close to our boat.
#sailing How may people does it take to get a dog on a boat? Apparently four.
Two to swim with the dog, one to lift the dog onto the boat and one to clap encouragement.
I say this in fun, but there are many situations where your dog has to swim.
Here we couldn’t get the boat closer to the beach, so the only way for us to get on board was to swim.
Before you take your dog cruising, make sure it can swim.
Farley doesn’t love it, but he can do it.
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Getting wi-fi while cruising the Bahamas can be challenging, but it can also be funny.
For the first time in my life I’ve been to a store where I can buy wi-fi and a goat at the same place. How is a woman supposed to make that decision?
A goat on the boat. Hmm? That might be difficult to explain to my husband. I mean there are shopping impulses, but this could be seen as a little extreme.
In then end, I gave up the idea of having a goat and bought the wi-fi card. I just couldn’t figure out where the goat would sleep.
#sailing. Mattina, our Lagoon 380 S2, is sailing along the Bahamas Banks with Different Drummer, a Bristol 47.
Sailing in the flat water on a windy day is exhilarating on either boat. We are sailing from Norman’s Cay to Pipe Cay. One of those “once in a lifetime” days that we seem to be getting a lot of.
This has been a windy season in the Bahamas. The wind has been kind and come from the East, and we’ve had more days than usual where we can sail the banks under full sail.
We’ve sailed from the Bahamas to Aruba and back with Different Drummer. For that trip we were on a Niagara 42 sloop.
Whatever you sail, the opportunity is there for an adventure.
#sailing Sometimes your pup needs to need to be tied and sometimes not. Cali is in the foreground, Farley in the back.
When you forget to bring a leash, it’s perfectly acceptable to use the dingy anchor.
Normally Farley isn’t tied, but we’re at Emerald Rock in the Bahamas. The island is covered with little animals that I think they are tree rats – but what do I know.
The wheaten terriers were bread as ratters, so Farley thought he was supposed to chase these little critters. So. . . poor guy actually had to be leashed.
