It is 26 April 2021 and we are again anchored at Samson Cay. The Cay is closed to visitors but still as beautiful. We have had a very nice season in the Bahamas but it is now time to be thinking of returning to the good old USA to lay up the boat for the summer.

One More Season in the Bahamas

The boat is on the hard at Titusville for the summer and the crew is back in Scotland for medicals leaving your man in charge.

The decision to go to the Bahamas turned out to the best idea so far, we met new friends ,caught a load of lobsters and fish and visited islands that we had not seen before.

The Bahamian immigration officials really excelled themselves this year with new rules and regulations which pissed off the cruisers big time.

One of the best places we sailed to was Ocean Reef on Grand Bahama which is a closely guarded secret and only open to those and such as those.

All photographic evidence will be provided when the crew and the camera return from Scotland

Northern Exumas

This is Atlantis at Paradise Island. The archway between the buildings is the Michael Jackson Suite. It costs $25000 per night with a minimum of 4 nights. They say that it is booked for the next 5 years.

After a few days in Nassau we sailed to Normans Cay (Ex Drug Lord Hideout).It is still unspoiled and the only footprints in the sand were ours. Met Val. and Bruce PDQ 36 Windrush and tried out the new extensions with sea trials. They work well!. As we have to return to Nassau to extend visas we sailed north to Allans Cay and visited the Iguanas. Then a great sail downwind with our large kite back to Nassau.

Change of Plans

Not much to report but we have been waiting in Marathon for weather for over a week and it does not look like there will be a window soon so we have decided to go to the Bahamas Tomorrow and take it from there.

With any luck we will have fishing pics soon.

Eastern Caribbean 2009

We arrived back at our boat on the Rio Dulce on 24 November 2009 and to our surprise it was in perfect condition. No mildew or mould just a quick clean down outside and

we are ready to go.

First stop after refuelling and provisioning is Texas Bay. It is so nice here that it would be a crime not to stop.

Next to Livingston by the lancha from T. Bay at the entrance to the Rio to check out. We leave the documents with Raul , go for lunch and when we return the paperwork is complete.

Next day we are off down river to the sea and our next adventure.

We are sailing to Cabo Tres Puntas en route to the Sappodillo Cays when all of a sudden this Spannish Mackerel decided to join us for dinner.

WE had dinner aboard BLUE with John and Angie who cooked the fish.

Rio Dulce, Tikal,Antigua

Drinkypoos at the hotel in Chichi.



A small part of the produce market at Chichicastanango. No Gringos.
Lake Atilan with the volcano behind.

The bus station at Antigua.

Main street Antigua with the Volcano at the end of the road
The view down river and a local guy trying to get a cheap snack.
I am sorry about the delay in posting but we lost our camera at Tikal.

The chicken bus is the only way to travel.






















The structures are amazing and the views are fantastic but it is a long way up.

























The Templos are lined up with the stars.













Clever people.









Barbara is outside of the hotel in Flores.

this is so that you do not leave without paying for your Big Mac.
This is the hot water springs or Aguas Calientes



Guatemala has been the highlight of our cruising so far.

Roatan to Belize City

This is french Harbour Roatan where we spent 2 weeks and hope to return soon.



This is the first cay that we passed on arriving in Belize.


We Arrived in Belize on Friday 27 Feb. overnight from Roatan it was a boisterous downwind run and we arrived at the entrance to the barrier reef entrance at 7 am. As a weather front was forecast we altered course for Belize city and headed north. At 3pm we anchored at Twin Cays for the night. This is one of hundreds of islands off the coast. The wind was blowing 15 Knots from the north East so we had a great sail north to Cucumber Beach Marina at Belize City where we need to check in and wait for son John and Laura to arrive on Tuesday.


The fishing was poor but we had a fair catch of fish that gave up and jumped aboard during the night.We were constantly throwing flying fish back but these are the ones that we missed until morning.


Sometimes people come out to you in small boats offering goods or services. I think that it is an old tradition