Category: Bahamas
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Becoming Bahamian
Inagua Life Inagua is a largish island at the bottom of the Bahamas chain, with a small population of approximately 800 people. Tourists generally don’t make it that far south and the island doesn’t have any hotels at all; couple this with the sparse flights and it feels very remote indeed. The main source of…
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Purgatory in Paradise
Inagua Life Waiting in Inagua Town Dock was an exercise in mental fortitude. We had identified the parts that needed replacing and now we just had to figure out how to get them to the island… a process that turned out to be much more difficult than anticipated. Somehow, a strange time dilation effect applies…
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A Huge Setback
14th March 2026 | Odometer: 1706nm | Bahamas Waiting for weather in Man of War bay at Great Inagua island had been a wonderfully relaxing experience. Even so, we were excited to be making the 12 hour crossing to Acklin island on the 13th once the winds abated, and to continue exploring northwards through the…
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Waiting for Weather
12th March 2026 | Odometer: 1695nm | Bahamas Hanging out in Man of War Bay for a few weeks was a great time and even though there wasn’t a lot to do we filled our days with exploration, swimming and relaxation. Walking to Windward The bay is surrounded by a short peninsula and dirt tracks…
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Beautiful Bay, Flamingos and a Lighthouse!
7th March 2026 | Great Inagua Island | Bahamas After arriving to the Bahamas on our 48 hour passage we were both extremely fatigued. I was still feeling very off with lingering head and stomach issues from the seasickness. And that was O.K. because we were going to be stuck at Grand Inagua til the…
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The Longest 48 Hours
1st March 2026 | Odometer: 1673nm | Passage to Bahamas The Dominican Republic was proving to be a rather difficult country to experience by boat, and we had hyped each other up and decided – let’s do a massive crossing to the Bahamas. We had headed back to Samana anchorage, skipping out early on our…
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