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 …
Fornacatoriums, Fugu, and Flashlights
Tonight we hung a light off our stern . We wanted to look like one of the big power yachts nearby. We call the biggest of them ‘Fornicatoriums.’ Based on the Lord Power Boat Classification System, there are four types …
Video: Thunderball Grotto
Position: 24°10’43.3″N 76°26’49.7″W Just outside Staniel Cay is Thunderball Grotto. So named because it has nothing to do with either Ian Fleming’s book or the movie based on it. As a place to swim it’s both beautiful and challenging. The …
When in Doubt – Whack It!
Every project deserves a new tool. It’s part of the guy credo. That tool can be a 20-ton sheet metal press or a new carpenter’s pencil. It doesn’t matter, it’s all about the tool. Given that the definition of cruising …
Video: Exploring Shroud Cay
Position: 24°33’07″N 76°47’17″W We take Nell, our trusty dinghy, for a trip across Shroud Cay on a rising tide. We ran out of depth here and there and rowed for a bit, but only a bit. The cay is a …
Ansil Saunders, Martin Luther King, Jr., God, and Bonefish
Position: 25°44’05″N 79°17’30″W Poking around outside a low, green, weather-beaten garage on Bimini with my wife Carol and our dock neighbours Shane, Victoria and Lisa, we waited for the world’s greatest bonefishing guide. As a keen fisherman, Shane knew Ansil …
Video: Swimming with the Sharks
Carol takes a dip with some of the most dangerous fish in the ocean: bull sharks. The hunted become the hunters – cue Jaws theme…
Video: Piggies! Staniel Cay
The world famous swimming piggies of Staniel Cay turn out to be hungry for more than carrots! If you are ever in this situation, wear water shoes. The beach is covered in little coral heads that makes running away very …
The Caine Mutiny
Position: 25°14’00.7″N 78°30’17.5″W Humphrey Bogart, as Lieutenant Commander Queeg, sits in the dock. A bead of sweat crosses his upper lip as he stares down his nemesis Lieutenant Barney Greenwald, played by José Ferrer, in the climatic courtroom scenes of …