M/V MAERIN

The departure of our guests nearly coincided with the clocking of the winds back to the prevailing easterly flow, the clocking preceding the final flight by a day, making Jeri’s final night aboard a bit ‘rolly’ as the surge from the sound found its way between the Majors. We considered moving the day before, but […]

Our weather remained unsettled until Tuesday morning, and the winds began clocking around to the prevailing easterly direction, with the opportunity to venture out in the dinghy to explore further cays. Still a bit bumpy for too far a run, we visited Sampson Cay, the beaches there and the sand flats between the cays. The […]

An early 0730 departure from Georgetown for the 50 nm return to Staniel Cay put us northbound on the sound with a following sea of about 4 ft and winds that were building during our run. We started out at about 12 kts of wind out of the SW and they increased through about 19 […]

We got underway to Georgetown at 0845, and headed out Galliot cut about an hour later and headed into moderate head seas of about 3 ft with some whitecapping. One crew was afflicted with a mild case of seasickness, but was able to get comfortable enough to crash out behind the portuguese bridge. Conditions were […]

Little Farmer’s Cay lies just a short 9 nm hop from Black Point, and is the next populated settlement heading south on the Exuma chain. We had visited on two previous occasions, most recently a few weeks previous as we cruised south with Innu. We anchored north of Oven Rock, moderating winds made for a […]

Despite the winds being back up in the 20’s, we decided to head out of Warderick Wells on the 15th and cruise the roughly 30 miles south to Black Point. Conditions were less than optimal, we had a wet ride into head seas, but not terribly rough. We arrived at Black Point by 1700 hrs, […]

11454 Despite the winds being back up in the 20’s, we decided to head out of Warderick Wells on the 15th and cruise the roughly 30 miles south to Black Point. Conditions were less than optimal, we had a wet ride into head seas, but not terribly rough. We arrived at Black Point by 1700 […]

We cruised to Warderick Wells Saturday as our weather began to turn windy as predicted. Again we made the run outside and beyond the 4 mile limit of the park boundary. No joy, no fish biting! Winds were beginning to ramp up as we came through the cut, but with the winds on our stern, […]

We arrived at Cambridge on the rising tide, easing our approach from the south over the reef then into the mooring field where there are a handful of park-maintained moorings. Weather conditions were as good as they get, with winds calm and variable, making the visit to Cambridge particularly pleasant, given the nature of the […]

Our guests arrived right on time on the afternoon Watermakers flight. We were excited to see them, and they were bubbling about the sights of the bank on their flight from Ft. Lauderdale. The Watermaker flights add a dimension to the Bahamas visit experience that is missed with a commercial flight because of the higher […]