Video: Glass Window
The Glass Window was a natural land bridge joining two parts of Eleuthera. Winslow Homer painted it back in the 1880s when it was still intact. These days the rocks have tumbled under the weight of storms and been replaced …
Urethra? Where’s Urethra?
For the past couple of weeks we’ve worked our way slowly up Eleuthera, aka Urethra (as my Ms. Malaprop [aka Carol] calls it). There’s lots to like about this 110 mile long island, especially if you’re trying to get away …
Tarpum Bay
There’s not much history on the sleepy settlement of Tarpum Bay. We know that the impressive white and blue-trimmed church overlooking the harbor was built in 1849 and appears to have been in business ever since. Other buildings date from …
Boat Lust
There are those that argue the purpose of life is to propagate it, that everything else is mere window dressing. And what of love? Isn’t our destiny to fall in love and fulfill our desires? Perhaps it is, if mother …
Video: Cat Island
A little video of life on board and under sail. One of those perfect days when you want to sit back, relax and make a music video. In this case it was Bach or Duran Duran. Bach wins. In Duran …
What’s Cookin’?
Position: 24°10’20.3″N 76°26’38.1″W Periodically people ask us what we do for food on Aleta. The short answer is we do much the same as we do at home, we shop, we store, we cook, we eat. It’s a relatively simple …
Pop Quiz
A. You are sailing south on a course of 180 degrees magnetic at 7 knots. According to your radar and AIS there is a large ship sailing north along your track at 25 knots and is currently 10 nautical miles …
Video: Mike climbs the Alpe d’Huez
Position: 45°04’25.8″N 6°02’57.2″E Having sold all three of my bicycles it’s time for a bit of nostalgia. This is what I was doing 10 years ago, riding up the Alpe d’Huez, one of the premier climbs on the Tour de …
Moving On
The ransom of a man’s life are his riches – Proverbs 13:8 Rules for running away to sea: Rule #1: Sell the house first! Having broken rule #1 we’ve been hard at work over the past four weeks making amends. …