Gooooooooooood Mornin' Abaco

For the last four months we have been avid listeners and participants in the Abaco Cruisers Net on the VHF Radio Channel Six Eight (68) at 0815 every morning. On the eve of our departure from the Southern Abacos (south the Whale Cay Passage), we pay tribute to the Net. Here now is the language of the Net:

Gooooooooooood Mornin’ Abaco!!!!. This IS the Abaco Cruisers Net on the air every day at this time ….. This is Jeff on Eggers Wish, Dan on Danali Star, Mike on Last Call, Betty on Tar Heel, Ed on Windswept, Patty on Blue Dolphin….. Barometer Bob.com for weather…. Cold front with clocking winds; High Pressure with Easterly winds; enhanced winds in Squalls; Bahamas Met Office Advises Small Craft to Exercise Caution; Atlantic Seas 14 to 24’ in Northerly Swells; Beauuuuutiful weather for the next few days ordered up by the Chamber of Commerce…… Sea state of the Sea of Abaco …. In the lee of the Cays; Choppy bordering on sloppy; Albury Ferry Day. Community Announcements ….. Buck-a-book … Wild Horses of Abaco …. Headline News and Financials --- aren’t we glad we’re in the Abacos …. Invitations …. Nippers until we absolutely can’t do it any more; you take that left off the Gov’t dock and you ARE in Grabber Country; Dive Guana – let us show you Abaco from the bottom up; Jib Room, Jib Room, Jib Room – worth the ride to the other side; Pete's Pub - where the elite eat in their bare feet. Open Mike …. Come now with your calls signs twice, this is the Cruiser’s Net. Salty Dog, Salty Dog........ Salty Dog I have you. How can we help? New Arrivals ….. Welcome to the Top of the Bahamas. Departures ….. Sand in Your Shoes ---- you’ll be back. And if there is nothing further …. The Cruisers Net IS Clear.


Thank you Jeff, thank you Dan, thank you Mike, thank you Betty, thank you Ed, and most of all, THANK YOU Patty!

Deidra Grows Sea Legs

Deidra & Tom arrived on Sunday 3/6, in the rain, and spent a week with us. They are completely non- boaters, with no experience of boat movement, life on a boat, etc. We did try to prepare them for what it was going to be like, but I am certain it was far different than they expected. In any case they adjusted very well and it was definitely an adventure. We had several great sailing days while they were aboard and had very settled weather, for which we were thankful. We took them to several places that we enjoy. They even asked how they could charter a boat down here with a captain so that they could come back with their boys. Maybe they caught the sailing bug! I do think they definitely got sand in their shoes, as the saying goes. Deidra even found sea glass!