Author: Dean Cooper

Went into Georgetown today and Cathy got her hair braided, much more comfortable in the heat and should be much easier to manage when sailing! In the afternoon we went to “Chat & Chill”, a cruisers hangout on Stocking Island for dinner. As soon as we docked, we were walking along the beach and we Read More

Wind was too weak so we had to motor to Georgetown. We got here and anchored amongst hundreds of other cruising boats.  Finally got half-decent Internet at the boat, (pay service, not free) and were able to Skype with family, update blog and do some grocery shopping. The dinghy dock at the Exema grocery is Read More

Heading out from Rum Cay with very little wind. Decided it would be a good day to try out our fancy new spinnaker!  Got everything set up and running on the first try! What a great looking sail, kept us going at about 5 knots in the light winds. As we were sailing along, the Read More

Spent several days at Rum Cay, walked around the town, population 67, met a nice gentleman named “Ben” that took us on a trip all around the island on his golf cart showing us all the things and telling us stories of about the island. He’s hoping to re-open the marina on the southeast side Read More

This morning we left Clarence Town (not very well protected from an upcoming storm) and headed for Rum Cay.  It was pretty windy and we had a great day sailing and even saw dolphins during our trip, the first time since we’d left Florida. We anchored at Rum Cay and spent the night.