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This is us taking time out to sail to somewhere we’ve never been with our three rapidly maturing children on the yacht ‘Mahia’ – a Jeanneau 43 DS. We decided to risk our jobs, the childrens education, our retirement savings and our sanity, and left the Sunshine Coast of Australia to sail across from the USA to Europe via the Caribbean.-
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Exumas at Last
With the 35 knot winds finally abated we headed east to the Exuma group, along with another dozen or so boats who had all obviously been waiting for the weather to clear.
Atlantis and beyond
We have spent four days at the Atlantis water theme park and hotel complex on Paradise Island off Nassau. It wasn’t till then that i realise that the kids terrible behaviour is probably a combination of lack of exercise and … Continue reading
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Nassau and Atlantis Water Park
The capitol of the Bahama Islands, with a population of around a quarter of a million people, Nassau is the main tourist destination of those visiting New Providence Island. We reached the main harbour and shipping channel after an easy … Continue reading
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Eleuthera
The Eleuthera group is a narrow chain of islands and the epicentre of the Bahamian commercial lobster, conch and fishing industry. The main town is the very colourful Dunmore Town, which is a major tourist destination for the rich and … Continue reading
Farewelling the Abacas
After a few more days in Marsh Harbour, this time at the Abaca Beach Resort Marina, restocking and gathering the various bits and pieces for ongoing repair work we headed back down south to our exit point at Little Harbour … Continue reading
The Abacos
After almost a week at the Berry Island group, most of which was spent hiding from fairly strong easterly winds, we headed north to the Abacos group of islands. It was about 60NM. We were hoping to take about 9 hours, … Continue reading
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