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Day 2502
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Mar
7
Written by:
Alex
3/7/2010 7:35 AM
 This is what my sunrise looked like this morning. Believe it or not I managed to find just enough of a WIFI signal to squeak out a log this morning. The Ubiquity Bullet was a really good choice for me and I’m quite happy with it. We found friends from Nassau at Norman’s and spent some time with them on the beach yesterday. Actually we walked around the little island in the picture and found hundreds of baby conch. We were invited to their boat for dinner and had a lovely evening. Today really feels like my first day home (back in the sea). There are just a few boats in this pristine anchorage, and starfish can easily bee seen on the bottom of the 12’ deep turquoise water beneath our floating home. Today we are going to go searching for a sunken airplane and find Conch for a big salad tonight. It’s a bit cool in the wind for swimming but our ventures south will surely remedy or desire to be warm. Guinevere swam for about 10 minutes yesterday but got cold. Today I’ll make sure she wears her wetsuit. I got her a wetsuit a few months back and she has just grown into it, Perfect timing. I can almost feel a fish dangling from the end of me spear :) Sail far and live slowly. Alex
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8 comment(s) so far...
Re: Sailing, Norman’s Cay, Bahamas
Ha, went spear fishing today. Didn't shoot a fish but got a few conch and made a nice salad 4 lunch. We also had some sargaso seaweed miso. Ken Neumeyer's book "Sailing the farm" suggested sargaso soup, not bad. Sailing the farm is a really cool book about homesteading on the sea, right up out alley. It is a hard book to find though.
Cheers.
Happy sunday.
By Alex on
3/7/2010 12:00 PM
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Re: Sailing, Norman’s Cay, Bahamas
To reach the port of heaven we must sail,sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it.. But we must sai,and not drift or lie at anchor
By svsandbarfl4036@aol.com on
3/7/2010 12:59 PM
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Re: Sailing, Norman’s Cay, Bahamas
Way cool dude,It is so great to have you back out there, I'm waiting for every new log again!!! Have a safe trip. Dean in Nj
By deanparker@excite.com on
3/7/2010 9:06 PM
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Re: Sailing, Norman’s Cay, Bahamas
Thanks for the shot of motivation!
By Buddy on
3/8/2010 6:53 AM
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Re: Sailing, Norman’s Cay, Bahamas
Hey Alex, way cool dude. How are the conditions, wind? I love the idea of spearfishing to provide the real good stuff. If you get a chance, maybe you could post a blog of how you first got into it. What mistakes to avoid. Well, keep safe and say hello to the fam. Peace
By spottydogs4me@msn.com on
3/9/2010 6:33 PM
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Re: Sailing, Norman’s Cay, Bahamas
This morming I stated my day with the site at Norman's Cay, Bahamas thanks to you and your crew. Alex I can't even beging to know how you feel when you take a breath of warm salty air and warm cup of coffee watching the sun rise. OMG what a picture, another moment of freedom passes you by. Your last two years of work is rewarded with the beauty of your surroundings, and the love from the twp still warm in their beds. Their smiles in the moring have to be the best gift any man could get, for we were not put on this earth be be alone and now your seeing the earths beauty in full view. Wow a childs smile in the morning, a warm hug from your lady, and the sun rise to watch, man I must say this is what you always spoke off FREEDOM. So Alex thank you for the picture it's now my wallpaper on my computer but soon to be my wall paper coving my walls at my home. Yep I'm convetering it to wall paper, my whole wall will be Norman's Cay, Bahama's and just in a small way I get to look thur your eyes, ALex keep reaching for the star's. Your supporters love you.
By rguffey on
3/11/2010 5:40 AM
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Re: Sailing, Norman’s Cay, Bahamas
hi alex,ian here from storrmyweather, we stoped over with some rum in stuart. sitting in the pipe creek area , between rat cay and the mice. wind right for spearing on sound side today . front bays of thomas cay are settled now with offshore breeze, lobster ,lobster, lobster. i see you are at bell in the park front of compass is also good south of conch cut. there are many good anchorages here in the pipe, and good spearing . ian on stormy
By manumit on
3/13/2010 5:51 AM
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Re: Sailing, Norman’s Cay, Bahamas
Alex you are moving to fast. You already missed Waderick Wells and also Staniel Cay they are both a must. I should have told you earlier. Thank you for the logs I am reliving the Exumas. Good sailing for you and your family. Henry
By hfierz@cogeco.ca on
3/14/2010 4:15 PM
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