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SDA51N Major Goodbye

Our last visit to Staniel Cay for the season takes us snorkeling along the Little Majors Cay, paddleboarding and kayaking to a cave on Big Majors Cay. A private little dance party that may, or may ...

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SDA51 Major Goodbye

Our last visit to Staniel Cay for the season takes us snorkeling along  the Little Majors Cay, paddleboarding and kayaking to a cave on Big  Majors Cay. A private little dance party that ...

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SDA50N Got Power? We Don't

What does 600 watts of solar, over 900aH of batteries and a 2200W generator get you? Nothing.

Our solar doesn't work well, our batteries don't maintain a charge, and now our generator has die...

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Got Power? We Don't

What does 600 watts of solar, over 900aH of batteries and a 2200W generator get you? Nothing.
Our solar doesn't work well, our batteries don't maintain a charge, and now our generator has died!<...

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SDA49N Is the GoPro Red Lens Worth It? (for underwater shots)

We compared our GoPro Hero 7 Black with a red lens filter to our GoPro Hero 10 Black with no filter to see what worked better for underwater filming in the shallow, clear blue waters of White Point...

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SDA49P Is the GoPro Red Lens Worth It? (for underwater shots)

We compared our GoPro Hero 7 Black with a red lens filter to our GoPro Hero 10 Black with no filter to see what worked better for underwater filming in the shallow, clear blue waters of White Point...

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SDA48N What's Under White Point?

White Point is by far our favourite Exumas anchorage. There's lots of room, beautiful beaches and startlingly clear water. Celebrate our return to White Point with us by exploring the shadows under...

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SDA48P What's Under White Point?

White Point is by far our favourite Exumas anchorage. There's lots of room, beautiful beaches and startlingly clear water. Celebrate our return to White Point with us by exploring the shadows under...

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SDA27N Up the Mast and Under the Waves

Being a sailorgirl has its highs and lows! At Heddy's Land, Great Guana Cay, I head up the mast to retrieve a broken pennant halyard, and then we dive on a beautiful manta ray.
It's all fun and ...

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SDA26N We SUCK! Planning Excursions

We suck at planning excursions, but we're learning. How hard could it be? We live on a catamaran cruising the Bahamas. The content writes itself, right? You'd think so. Take a few minutes with us t...

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SDA47N Back in Black Point

Deja Vu Beach and Shark Feeding!
We finally make it back to Black Point. I love this place. It feels like I've always known it. This time we visit a beach on the ocean side. It's not much for sw...

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SDA47P Back in Black Point

Deja Vu Beach and Shark Feeding!
We finally make it back to Black Point. I love this place. It feels like I've always known it. This time we visit a beach on the ocean side. It's not much for sw...

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SDA32N NOT Bitter Guana Cay

At Jacks Bay on Great Guana Cay we struggle with anchoring on what looks like a sandy bottom, but it's actually sand over rock, until we get way close to the beautiful beach. Exploring takes us to ...

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SDA35N THAT wasn't on the chart!

Every shadow in the water is a potential discovery. Is it a rock, grass, coral head, shark, ray, turtle, boat? We don't know. So we go explore, and we take you with us. Look at what we found in thi...

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SDA46N King Tides at Big Farmers Cay

We skip a beat and add sailing for a finale. Stay tuned to the end for sailing!  King tides can cause navigation problems. Your charts will not be accurate, and for us, that meant low tide was...

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SDA46P King Tides at Big Farmers Cay

We skip a beat and add sailing for a finale. Stay tuned to the end for sailing!  King tides can cause navigation problems. Your charts will not be accurate, and for us, that meant low tide was...

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SDA45N Chasing Todd: the Story of a Dark Angelfish

Diving shallow waters has its advantages. Shallow water allows more light and brighter colors. The Pimlico Cays in the Exumas are shallow and rocky with plenty of healthy coral, beautiful reef fish...

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SDA45P Chasing Todd: the Story of a Dark Angelfish

Diving shallow waters has its advantages. Shallow water allows more light and brighter colors. The Pimlico Cays in the Exumas are shallow and rocky with plenty of healthy coral, beautiful reef fish...

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SDA44N Trying to Get the "Perfect" Shot

Lee Stocking Island is a scenic wonderland. Exploring, filming and photographing the beautiful cliffs and waters provides some challenges.  Wind, waves, treacherous footing a touch of spelunca...

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SDA44P Trying to Get that "Perfect" Shot

Lee Stocking Island is a scenic wonderland. Exploring, filming and photographing the beautiful cliffs and waters provides some challenges.  Wind, waves, treacherous footing a touch of spelunca...

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SDA43N Deeper Dive into Conception Island

We didn't get enough of Conception Island during our last short visit, so we couldn't resist as this paradise Island beckoned to us all the way from Cat Island. We weighed anchor and sailed back to...

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SDA43P Deeper Dive into Conception Island

We didn't get enough of Conception Island during our last short visit, so we couldn't resist as this paradise Island beckoned to us all the way from Cat Island. We weighed anchor and sailed back to...

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SDA42N Hermitage Tour and Fresh Conch Salad. Cat Island!


At Cat Island, dig into Duke's conch salad to stoke up for your hike to the highest elevation in the entire Bahamas. Theresa takes us on a tour of the historic hermitage. It's a bit of a hike, ...

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SDA42P Hermitage Tour and Fresh Conch Salad. Cat Island!

At Cat Island, dig into Duke's conch salad to stoke up for your hike to the highest elevation in the entire Bahamas. Theresa takes us on a tour of the historic hermitage. It's a bit of a hike, but ...

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SDA41P Spinnaker Rigging Done Wrong!

Just in time to head for Cat Island, we find a new furling line to fix the jib furler  This beautiful downwind sail to Cat Island was the perfect opportunity to fly our spinnaker for the first...

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SDA40N We Can't Furl the Jib!

Our jib sail furler gets messed up heading into beautiful Conception Island. How do you screw up the only sail you can fly? We figured out a way.

Conception Island is breathtaking. Parrot fis...

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SDA 40 We Can't Furl the Jib! Conception Island

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Our jib sail furler gets messed up heading into beautiful Conception Island. How do you screw up the only sail you can fly? We figured out a way.

C...

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What Happened to Rainbow Reef?

Calabash Bay. Long Island is a beautiful area, with a Bahamian resort along the sandy shoreline, shallow, but stunning Hoosie Harbour caves and beaches, and the apparently famous Rainbow Reef just ...

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SDA19N Bimini

As promised, Bimini is PLAYTIME. Freakish clear blue water, warm and sunny. Diving, swimming, snorkeling, paddleboards, and almost dolphins

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Silent Sailing and Whales Head Reef

Even without a main sail, there's nothing like the tranquility of sailing. Engines off. Nothing but the wind in the rigging and the water under the hulls. 

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