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 …

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. …

The Ring of Fire

Position: 23°31’11.4″N 75°45’21.5″W “I fell into a burning ring of fire, I went down, down, down and the flames went higher, and it burns, burns, burns, the ring of fire.” That line from Johnny Cash’s song about battling the aftereffects …

A Walk on the Beach

There’s some wonderful beaches here in Great Exuma. The video was taken at the beach on the Tropic of Cancer. It was a blustery day, perfect for getting the sand between your toes (see video). Later we discovered a huge …