The nonprofit Salty Dawg™ Sailing Association (SDSA) hosted its ninth Fall Rally to the Caribbean with 69 boats participating. Monohulls made up 67% of the fleet, […]
Salty Dawgs Make Landfall in the 2019 Fall Rally to the Caribbean and Bahamas
Boaters Volunteer to Rebuild Man-O-War in the Abacos, Bahamas
In the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, which swept through the northern Bahama Abaco island chain in September, there has been a huge outpouring of support for […]
Bahamas Chartering This Winter: Try the Exumas
The northern Bahamas islands in the Abacos, particularly Mar5h Harbour where the charter fleets were based, were devastated by hurricane Dorian. The charter scene in the […]
Girls Gone Sailing in the Abacos
The Abaco chain in the northern Bahamas offers lots of beautiful harbors and plenty of flat-water sailing (published March 2017) Sometimes when planning a charter you […]
No One’s Forecast Was Correct
December of 2015 and the first week of January 2016 will live in the weather records, history books, ships’ logs and personal diaries for the unusual […]
Gary Takes a Vacation
Three weeks aboard Honeymoon Forever with my good friend Gary Howman (published September 2015) My wife Virginia and I left Punta Gorda, Florida on our 45’ […]
Hope Town, Elbow Cay, Abaco, Bahamas
26˚ 32.32’N 76˚ 57.37’W (published March 2015) “ONLY ENTER AND LEAVE HOPE Town on a high or rising tide,” we were warned with a good amount […]
Around Nassau Town
25° 3′ N / 77° 20′ W (published August 2014) Nassau, in the Bahamas, has a rough reputation, and locals confirmed that I should watch myself […]
Long Island Bahamas
Fast boats and tranquil diversity (published November 2012) A centuries-old sailing tradition dictates that whenever multiple boats are on the water they must engage in a […]
Island Hopping the Abacos
The joys of chartering the Bahamas’ Out Islands (published August 2012) The Sea of Abaco spreads from the Bahamas’ Out Islands in pale aquamarine like a […]