Altair's Cruz Nuz

cruising, vb, kroozing, working on your boat in exotic locations around the Caribbean....Dudley and Becca

25 October 2012 | Coconut Grove Sailing Club
25 September 2012 | Coconut Grove Sailing Club
28 July 2011 | Coconut Grove Sailing Club!
27 July 2011 | Key Biscayne, Florida
27 July 2011 | Stiltsville and Miami just across the Bay.
27 July 2011 | Gulf Stream...
27 July 2011 | Gulf Stream, Here we come!
26 July 2011 | Sweet and Very Special Bahamas...Goodbye...for now!
26 July 2011 | Honeymoon Harbor
26 July 2011 | Gun Cay's floral gifts!
26 July 2011 | The surf at Honeymoon Harbor!
26 July 2011 | Our last island wonderland...before the Concrete Jungle....
26 July 2011 | Gun Cay...Practicing walking on land...
26 July 2011 | Honeymoon Harbor...very cool!
26 July 2011 | Honeymoon Harbor
26 July 2011 | Honeymoon Harbor...We like it!
25 July 2011 | A very Busy Honeymoon Harbor!
25 July 2011 | Honeymoon Harbor, Lee side of Gun Cay
25 July 2011 | Bimini, Our Beloved Bahamas!
24 July 2011 | Bimini, Big Game Club Marina!

What to do today?

10 May 2011 | Bitter End, Leverick Bay or Saba Rock?
Becca
We thought we'd be worried all night about that mooring...not, slept like a rock...but we really do not want to stay here...had enough of Spanish Town, REALLY!

Seriously now, there are so many choices...do we find a deserted anchorage @ places like Dead Chest Island, Salt, Ginger, Cooper, Peter, Norman (oooooh, the Willy T brings back memories and the diving was awesome...but we've been there).

We need to get weather and we cannot get Chris on the SSB or Herb or George or much of any other weather guru for that matter, so we need to go back to civilization, like North South or Gorda Sound!

We decided on Saba Rock's moorings...Bitter End was more expensive, Leverick Bay too far from everything and Saba Rock sounds just right! We also get 250 gallons of water and a bag of ice each day! Hmmmmm. Off we go, just a motor with foul weather encasing our bods and the squally wet stuff is quashing our sailing desire too. Did I mention the wind is from the north...bummer!

Seriously though, we just wanted to chill. There are so many islands, too many choices and so little time...what to do? Nothing! We paid for the mooring, peeked at the resort....looked at the reef behind the 'rock' to see what Bruce Van Sant says can be traversed...another hmmmmm.....and did chill.

It rained...alot...just figures...we have 250 gallons of water for free, every day...did we mention we only carry 75g to include the jerry cans on deck...plus whatever sun showers (4) we feel like filling...see where this is going?

So we caught some water...and chilled some more...seriously though, we didn't get here until 2pish, and by the time we got back after exploring...there's no chilling for real! Nice thought though...even for my man who is about to turn 80 years old this year!
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Vessel Name: Altair
Vessel Make/Model: Tartan 34'
Hailing Port: Coconut Grove Sailing Club
Crew: Dudley Clark and Becky Butler
About: Dudley has owned this Tartan sloop and has been cruising on her since 1986. Becky joined the good sloop back in 2000 when we first started cruising together and he has been 'training' me ever since! I couldn't be happier! I've been sailing all my life, but cruising is a whole different fish!
Extra: This is the most extended cruise we've braved on this wonderful, old boat of ours which is planned to be about 2 years! We left Miami in late February of 2008 and want to get below the hurricane belt by the end of July! Ok, so it's July, 2011...we're close, but not home yet!

S/V ALTAIR

Who: Dudley Clark and Becky Butler
Port: Coconut Grove Sailing Club