by Allison | Apr 1, 2016 | 2016, Bahamas, Logbook, Posts | 0 Comments
Have you ever watched those TV award shows, where someone wins a big ole award, like a Grammy, and they aren’t there to collect their prize? And it turns into an awkward moment where the commentator just says “we are accepting the award on behalf... read more by Bo | Mar 29, 2016 | 2016, Bahamas, Logbook | 9 Comments
George Town, Bahamas is often called “Chicken Harbor” for good reason. Once you’ve sailed from the US to the Bahamas and enjoyed all they have to offer, a decision has to be made. Hurricane season looms and the options for leaving a boat in the... read more by Allison | Mar 17, 2016 | 2016, Bahamas, Logbook, Posts, Video | 0 Comments
I know I blogged and put up a bunch of pictures of our time at “Pig Beach” and the swimming pigs – but a little live action is always good too. [Video should appear above. If not, click here to view.]. Note: the Bachelor was apparently here and aired... read more
by Allison | Mar 15, 2016 | 2016, Bahamas, Life Aboard, Logbook, Posts, Video | 0 Comments
I know I blogged and put up a bunch of pictures of our time at “Pig Beach” and the swimming pigs – but a little live action is always good too. Note: the Bachelor was apparently here and aired the Monday after we saw these pigs. Please note the lack... read more by Allison | Mar 9, 2016 | 2016, Bahamas, Logbook, Posts | 7 Comments
For various exciting reasons we packed up Selah and made a quick trip “home.” Everyone we meet in boat world wants to know where “home” is – we had to come up with a standard answer as looking at each other and shrugging was starting to... read more by Allison | Mar 3, 2016 | 2016, Bahamas, Logbook, Posts | 3 Comments
Back when this whole sailboat living thing was just a dream we had plenty of internet speed to surf cruising blogs and wonder at the “coolness” of it all. We may have deeply under-estimated the amount of work that cruising requires, but we definitely did... read more by Allison | Mar 1, 2016 | 2016, Bahamas, Logbook | 0 Comments
We had heard the rumors but nothing could have prepared us for the culture shock of Georgetown. We spent the month of February exploring remote beaches, cruising with our friends on 1 or 2 other boats, but more or less secluded and alone. We pulled into Georgetown,... read more
by Allison | Feb 28, 2016 | 2016, Bahamas, Logbook, Posts, Video | 0 Comments
There is a nightly island tradition of conch blowing that commences each evening at sunset. The minute the sun slips below the horizon you will hear dozens of boats blow their conch. I am quite sure there is some history somewhere that explains why this happens, but I... read more by Allison | Feb 20, 2016 | 2016, Bahamas, Logbook | 0 Comments
Today is Lola’s 2nd birthday. I am missing her party and can barely stand it. I showered sitting down with a bucket while boats whizzed past close enough to touch, which pretty much equals my own personal hell. Today I walked on an absolutely gorgeous beach and... read more by Allison | Feb 16, 2016 | 2016, Bahamas, Logbook, Posts | 0 Comments
I can’t remember if I have told you about Bo’s new hobby, but he is quite the baker these days. Here is his inspiration: He is quite passionate about making the best bread and dipping sauces of our lives. Why he has chosen to do this when we quite... read more by Allison | Feb 15, 2016 | 2016, Bahamas, Logbook, Posts | 1 Comment
Before we left Florida I completely understood that our lives would be weather-directed. At least I understood it in theory. Reality can be a real slap in the face. A very blustery slap in the face. Here Bo is modeling the latest in outerwear this season. Note the... read more by Allison | Feb 8, 2016 | 2016, Bahamas, Logbook | 2 Comments
Our daily schedule is loose enough I haven’t opened my ical in WAY too long and we often ask “what day is it?” We get a lot of advice and opinions from other cruisers on must-see anchorages and can’t miss activities; some we ignore and some we... read more by Allison | Feb 5, 2016 | 2016, Bahamas, Logbook | 3 Comments
After a day or two in Warderick Wells we decided to move along the chain of islands. We woke up this morning to a call on the radio from a friend relaying a message from another friend that they were headed our way. We quickly snorkeled and then weighed anchor heading... read more by Allison | Feb 3, 2016 | 2016, Bahamas, Life Aboard, Logbook, Posts | 8 Comments
We left Little Harbor and arrived Sunday in paradise. Multiple times a day we turn to each other and exclaim “this is why we came to the Bahamas!!!!” After weeks and weeks of less than great weather, we have had 5 days in a row of lovely weather and... read more by Bo | Jan 30, 2016 | Bahamas, Logbook | 0 Comments
After thoroughly exploring the Abaco region of the Bahamas, it’s time for us to jump further south. We’ve made it Little Harbor, which is the southermost part of the Sea of Abaco. To go further south from Little Harbor, we have to head out into the... read more by Allison | Jan 29, 2016 | 2015, Bahamas, Logbook, Posts | 3 Comments
When the weather is cooperating, which is rare lately, we are on the move quite often. If you follow our tracker you will see that Selah moves around every few days or so. Part of this is our wanderlust; it drives us to always wonder about the next place. The other... read more by Allison | Jan 24, 2016 | 2015, Bahamas, Life Aboard, Logbook, Posts | 2 Comments
I hate admitting it, but I used to be a stoplight Facebook checker. We all pretend we are above that type of behavior, but I was a world-class driving texter, FB checker, tweet sender, etc… I was even better at making sure no cops would ever see me do it.... read more by Allison | Jan 13, 2016 | 2015, Bahamas, Logbook | 0 Comments
We spent last week in Hope Town, Bahamas and fell in love. Everyone warns us it will be hard to leave pleases we love and they are correct! We pulled in last Saturday night in anticipation of some bad weather forecast for the week. We grabbed a mooring at $20/night or... read more by Allison | Jan 11, 2016 | 2015, Bahamas, Life Aboard, Logbook | 1 Comment
Bo worked hard to put together a special video for the Junior Captains cataloging our actual trip to the Bahamas. If you have some time to kill you are more than welcome to enjoy as well. Most likely no one besides our families want to watch 15 minutes of this fun... read more by Bo | Jan 7, 2016 | Bahamas, Life Aboard, Logbook, Posts | 5 Comments
The area of the Bahamas we’re in is called the Abacos. Best I can tell, it’s sort of like the “Florida Keys” in that there are lots of islands with their own name (the largest being Great Abaco), but collectively are called the Abacos. All the... read more by Allison | Jan 3, 2016 | 2015, Bahamas, Logbook, Posts | 2 Comments
This week we had our first guest aboard and we were thrilled to explore with her and introduce her to some of our favorite new beach spots. Through much trial and error we finally arrived at the perfect beach-going packing. There is a sweet spot somewhere between... read more 
