Capt Claw did not want to squander a good weather window by delaying our passage from Nassau to Florida simply due to the lingering doubts of the crew. I get just a bit spooked when hapless events line up in trend-like formations and look for a clear end before embarking on anything new. The Captain [...]
The sailing magazines brim with tales of boating adventures. Usually, adventure can be translated as disaster since disasters and near-death experiences are what sell magazines. We try to minimize the sorts of adventures which can be highly entertaining to strangers. As you’ve noticed, though, we’ve been flirting with ‘adventure’ by trailing the dinghy through seas [...]
Since the land tour of Eleuthera didn’t really pique renewed interest in more islands we abandoned our plans to tour the Berries and Abacos and decided to focus on what we felt we’d missed so far. The two that topped the list was snorkeling and fishing. Lo and behold calm, warm weather was coming our [...]
After ten days of waiting, our weather window opened and we skedaddled out of Florida in the wee hours Sunday morning and across that great river known as the Gulf Stream. This part of our trip consisted of three legs — crossing the Gulf Stream, then the Great Bahamas Banks, and finally the deep-water Tongue [...]
We are Greg Snyder and Gail Klosterman, originally hailing from Minnesota, currently cruising full-time aboard our Tartan 40' sailboat -- Yoohoo. Join us as we explore a slower pace of life, lingering in the cockpit with late coffee and early cocktails, watching the world float by on the tides. Long-time freshwater sailors, we'll describe our adventures and foibles as we attempt to grow bluewater sea-legs.
