Sail Beausoleil

Well, we finally made it! We’re in the Bahamas!

We cleared customs at the airport at Chub Cay, and grabbed a mooring at the Berry Islands Club on Fraser’s Hog Cay on the east end of Chub. We waited for a weather window before heading southeast to New Providence Island where Nassau is to overnight in West Bay before heading out to Staniel Cay on the Exumas. We should get there by Thursday, April 29. Now the adventure really begins…

You wouldn’t believe how many items you need to check and recheck before heading offshore and out of the country. Customs sticker so we can clear back into the US easily. Courtesy flag so we can fly the colors of Bermuda while we’re there. Checking fishing gear. Liferaft. Inflatable dinghy and outboard. Diesel fuel. Gasoline for the dinghy. Generator. Wind generator (just spent an hour up the mast yesterday replacing the blades/propellors on the damn thing). Food. Filters for the watermaker. Oil filters for the generator and for the engine. Spare parts for just about everything.

Sailing a boat offshore just about requires a degree in General Everything, with a Masters in Improvisation.

We’re heading to the Bahamas to spend the rest of April and all of May. We plan on seeing the Exumas, the Berry Islands, and the Abacos. Wish we had more time to see everything, but our insurance policy insists we be north of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina by the start of hurricane season June 1.