A quick, five-day passage from Marsh Harbour, Bahamas to Deale, MD, USA. Once again we had really perfect weather except a storm front/line of storms near the end. Sailed a broad to beam reach the first three days and used our Oxley Levante parasail for the first two days in perfect weather. All told, covered 825 nm on less than 57 gal of diesel in almost exactly five days! A great trip but certainly missing the warm Bahamas weather as we came back into the cold air and water temps of the Chesapeake....
Century Club: David Klain
Sunday, March 31, 2024 to Friday, April 5, 2024
Number of days:
6 days
Satellite tracker route using PredictWind DataHub
The happy crew preparing to depart the Bahamas
The Happy crew in Deale, but a bit bundled up due to the cold!
Trip Statistics
The Oxley Levante parasail doing what it does best
Sunday, March 24, 2024 to Saturday, March 30, 2024
Number of days:
7 days
Route Around the Abacos
Hopetown Lighthouse
SpaceX Launch at sunset
S/V Polaris anchored off Hopetown Harbor
Spent the week going from location to location with S/V Windfall while also teleworking (isn't Starlink a gamechanger?). Dodged a major storm that saw another boat drag anchor and almost hit us one night (always happens at night but fortunately good seamanship on their part and ours prevented what could have been an ugly accident. Saw several SpaceX rocket launches (the views from the Abacos are spectacular) as well as some marine life.
Sunday, March 10, 2024 to Sunday, March 24, 2024
Number of days:
14 days
Spent two weeks enjoying Marsh Harbour in the Abacos while taking advantage of the opportunity to telework from the boat via Starlink. After all, even when working, a day on the water beats a day in the office!
Saturday, March 2, 2024 to Saturday, March 9, 2024
Number of days:
8 days
Cruising around the Abacos with family for Spring Break. Visits to Manjack Cay, Green Turtle Cay, Treasure Cay, Marsh Harbour and Hopetown/Tahiti Beach (Elbow Cay).
Friday, February 23, 2024 to Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Number of days:
6 days
An offshore transit covering almost 900 miles from Deale, MD to Marsh Harbour, Bahamas. Ideal weather window allowed us to round Cape Hattaras without delay and go offshore (east of the Gulf Stream) vice the longer, coastal route west of the Gulfstream until we got down to the Georgia/Florida area. Fast transit with a moving average of 7.1 knots achieved!
Saturday, February 3, 2024 to Sunday, February 4, 2024
Number of days:
2 days
Spent the weekend doing boat maintenance, upgrades and preparations for a transit to the Bahamas in late February.