Archive for March, 2009
Yum-Yum from Key Largo
15 gallons of gas: $43.12 Fishing lures: $14.73 Sunscreen: $7.95 A woman who can catch fish, clean them, and cook ‘em up: Absolutely PRICELESS! (No… sorry… she is not for sale or trade) It would seem that while I’m overseas on a business trip my lovely wife Sheree has found herself in Key Largo hanging [...]
The Great Bahamas trip: Part 6 / Chub Cay to Bimini
Two Years Before the Mast – Chub Cay to Bimini By: Nat Manning After a nice layover in Chub Cay, we cast off on Tuesday, the 10th of February and motored out clear of the reefs off Moma Roda Rock. We unfurled the sail and slowly slid down the underside of the Berry Islands, past [...]
The Great Bahamas trip: Part 5 / Nassau to Chub Cay
Two Years Before the Mast-Nassau to Chub Cay By: Nat Manning Leaving Nassau Harbor consists of a rapid transition from the quiet calm of the seaport to the deep ocean swells of the Tongue of the Ocean. From calm to six foot waves in just a few minutes. From the forty feet of the ship [...]
The Great Bahamas trip: Part 4 / Nassau
Two Years Before the Mast – Nassau, By: Nat Manning On Wednesday, February 4, 2009 Elise II arrived in Nassau around five o’clock in the morning. As the Skipper tided up the boat and secured all the equipment from the overnight passage, I (Gilligan) spent most of the day in the bunk sleeping, much to [...]
The Great Bahamas trip: Part 3 / Bimini to Nassau
Two Years Before the Mast – Bimini to Nassau The intrepid crew of the mighty ship Elice II had arrived in Bimini on the 28th day of January, 2009. The last day of January was a sad day aboard Elice II as it was the Admirals last day with us. We rode the water taxi [...]
The Great Bahamas trip: Part 2 / Bimini
Two Years Before the Mast – Bimini Bimini deserves it’s own article. Why? Because Bimini is a very special place. In essence, it really isn’t that much to look at. Most baseball players can stand in the water on one side of North Bimini and hit a ball into the water on the other side [...]
The Great Bahamas trip: Part 1 / Tampa to Bimini
On the 20th day of January, in the year two thousand and nine the great ship Elice II set sail from the docks of Lands End Marina proudly and stately with the Skipper, the Admiral, and myself, (Nat Manning) as foredeck crew. The air was electric with the excitement of an adventure that would see [...]
