In 2015 we sailed from Belfast to the Bahamas as we do every winter.  But this time we had something extra in mind.  We wanted to get to Cuba, a dream I've had for many decades.  In the southern Bahamas there is a mostly uninhabited chain of islands called the Jumentos...

Here are photos of places we like to visit in the Bahamas.  Most were taken during our 2016/17 winter there.  Some were scanned in from film photos taken during past visits.  

1.  Getting there

Our usual route for crossing the Gulf Stream to the Bahamas is...

We left our boat in Belfast for the summer of 2017 and took some car trips instead.  One of those was in Wyoming.  We flew to Denver, rented a car, and spent 2 1/2 weeks driving around the state and staying, mostly, in log cabins.

We had several guide books while p...

Gorgeous Girl is a Pacific Seacraft 40, a Bill Crealock design, built in 1998 in California.  We bought her from Guy Jones in 2013 and brought her home from New Bedford to Belfast Maine in April.  In winters you can usually find us in the Bahamas - we generally leave B...

This was the third summer that Sally and I have spent in Atlantic Canada on Gorgeous Girl.  (I have recently learned that what I, and the map above, called the Maritimes does not in fact include Newfoundland.  The proper term that includes both Nova Scotia and Newfoun...

I sailed to Newfoundland in 2005 and 2006 on my previous boat, a Crealock 37 named Midnight Mail.  My wife Sally and I were there in 2014 on Gorgeous Girl.  Those trips were all along the south coast.  We're planning to return this summer (2016) to visit the west coast...

Here are some photos from a sailing trip to Belize in 2001.  My friend Mark Heppler came along for part of the trip, starting at Key West, Florida.  Along the way we stopped at the Marquesas, the Dry Tortugas, Isla Mujeres and Xcalak in Mexico before arriving at San Pe...