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Entries Tagged as 'Bahamas'

A Rum Birthday!

January 20th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Jordi
I must admit I never thought I would have a birthday in Rum Cay, Bahamas. Unfortunately there will be no rum for me or Team Audax as we must try and catch a weather front that is coming through tonight, which will hopefully help us get south to Mayaguna, or Plana Islands. So when you [...]

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“Keep a firm grasp on both your character and your teaching. Both you and those who hear you will experience salvation” Timothy 4: 15-16

January 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Saturday
1445 -Quoting scripture from Rum Cay, whats next!
To have Faith….what else do you really need other than food, clothing, shelter, money, friends, family, career, car, house, internet, a boat and the the list does go on as I walk down the beach pictured here (Conception Island) contemplating the amazingness of this [...]

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Speed Exumas…

January 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Wednesday
0803 - Good morning from Georgetown, Great Exuma Island, a settlement of 1000 personas and our 2nd to last stop along the Exuma highway. Finally getting dialed into the weather forecasts on the SSB from Chris Parker on 4502 at 0630 and Herb on 12359 at 1430 enabled a sweet beam reach sail [...]

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Shakin not stirred….

January 14th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Sunday
1754 At anchor Black Point Settlement, Great Guana Cay, the Exumas. Acting as top secret agents Team Audax infiltrated Thunderball Grotto yesterday, the site of 2 James Bond action packed adventures and home to a multitude of aquatic excitement caught with somewhat successful photography on my shock proof, waterproof, essentially John [...]

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Use your imagination, nothing happens but first a dream..

January 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Friday
1505 Top of the day from Warderick Wells, headquarters of the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park and home of the first satellite connection deep in the Exumas and if the first 3 days are in any way telling of the rest of the islands I think we shall be just fine. As a [...]

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Exuma Exuberance

January 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Tuesday
1900 - Culture shock equals realizing you must ring a doorbell before you can enter a store (and I mean any store!!!) Culture shock equals having your heart skip a beat when you pour a clear liquid you assume is diesel into your gas tank and wondering why it is not red [...]

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Finally some new islands!

January 7th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Monday
1539- Land ho, its Nassau! A 0100 rousing, anchor up and the compass pointed due south for 60 nm. The hustle and bustle of the capital city quite evident upon landfall here on New Providence Island, the home to 250,000 out of the 350,000 total Bahamian population. For a [...]

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From another time..

January 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Friday
1414 - Feeling a bit like explorers these past couple of days, Team Audax stumbled upon a time capsule of past grandeur seen in this photo (click to get full album). Talk about real estate potential…Triggs Huntington/St. John-Herrigel Enterprise may have found its location!!! With investment dollars beginning to pour into the [...]

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Jordi’s Back

January 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Day 7 of Bahama living and true to form we have not traveled far and things have been pretty laid back in comparison to the last month of pushing south to warmer weather. Is it just in the air down here, or is it society as a whole that slows the pace of life? It [...]

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The Journey is the Destination…

January 2nd, 2008 · 3 Comments

Wednesday
1348 Weather rules and team Audax’s diesel engine cools…. no departure today as the cold front passed through last night bringing with it 30 plus knot gusts and 9-12 foot seas. Adventerous late day excitement yesterday as Jordi and I made the decision to bring the boat from our $90/night [...]

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