S/V Aphrodite

Leaving Georgetown was hard where we had  a good grocery store, liquor store and cheap wireless internet on the boat.
We had a full moon the night before we left and this apparently affected the fishing as we trolled 8 hrs in prime fishing water on the way to Conception Island without catching anything, nada, nothing. We [...]

We arrived in Georgetown yesterday after 3 weeks in the Exumas.  We found our friends Pete and Chris on Scooter.  Over the years they have shown us how to spearfish, hunt lobster, find shells and sea glass, and weave palm fronds.  We hung out in a secret cove along with Monty and Sara, the creators [...]

Our life has slowed down again, where the most urgent task for the day is finding a place to buy groceries or do the laundry. Aphrodite has been in the Bahamas for about 2 weeks now, where “it is all about the water”. The landscape doesn’t hold a candle to the magnificent water, crystal clear [...]

Aphrodite is homeward bound!
We departed the Bahamas this morning and will sail directly to Baltimore, about 750 miles. The winds were predicted to be 15-20 knots coming from the ESE. I know that we are likely to run into storms along the way because the East coast has lots of cloud cover in the satellite [...]

The Abacos, the upper Bahamas Islands
The rainy season has arrived in the Bahamas. We departed Georgetown, the southern end of the Exumas, a week ago, with a predicted favorable weather window for heading north. Unfortunately, the window shut earlier than predicted so we did not make it to our anticipated destination. We were met with [...]

Georgetown, Exuma
April 26 – 29, 2006
The regatta experience was a blast. Michael’s wish to get on one of the sailboats was fulfilled. He actually got himself a place on two boats, an A class as well as a B class boat, but had to drop off one boat before the end of the regatta because [...]

We have been doing one of our most favorite things, Not Spending Money! I love it. It has been months since we have put fuel in the tank or groceries in the storage area. We have been eating fish, conch or food out of the freezer and sailing when the winds are favorable. Last week [...]

Today was a day to remember! Yesterday Michael and I sailed from the Exumas, Bahamas to a remote spit of land on the island of Eluthera, owned by Princess Cruise Line, to meet Mom/Grams/Grandmom, Kay, Pat& Rog, Desi & John and Karon & Kris. The ship’s captain provided the GPS coordinates and Mom arranged for [...]