Tuesday, March 20, 2007

The Ragged Islands...


Tea time on the Bruyn


Barely Twisted and Double Bruyn in Great Inagua


Moxy, BT and DB


The Crew - George, Sean, Jon, Laura, Sam, Dan and Mack


Dan and his date at the Georgetown Pirate ball


Repairs, sailing and more fishing on the Double Bruyn

Just a quick update....
In Georgetown I left Paul and Pete and met up with George, Dan and Laura on Barely Twisted. We also met another bunch of fun young lads cruising on a boat called Moxy - since we'd not seen Barely Twisted since Laurderdale we were all pretty excited about cruising together again.
We headed off to the uninhabited Ragged islands, a chain of keys for about 80 miles. Awsome sailing, fishing and diving - learnt a bit more about boat maintenence via a few mishaps and have a few shark stories to tell too.

Moxy headed north again and from the bottom of the Ragged islands we sailed 150 miles to Great Inagua with Barely Twisted. This place is pretty cool, one of the highest concentrations of pink flamingo's in the world. Paul and Jason arrive here at the end of the week and then its another 150 odd miles to the Dominican Republic - looking forward to a bit more of a cultural experience.

4 comments:

Renae & Shane said...

Sounds like good times!!! Cant wait to see you guys in Spain! Let us know when you are planning on arriving... although sounds like it will be difficult to rip yourselves away from the islands! Take care - love Nae & Shane

Kimmy said...
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Kimmy said...

Paradise!

Man you looking tanned Jon Boy! How much healthier could ya get with ya fish, sun and salt water!

Love the pics, they tell stories well.

~ vida es bello,

Kimmy

HJ said...

Thanks for the update and the very nice photos.Looks like life can't get much better than this , Jonboy. A good boat, good company, good weather and lots of miles before you do the crossing. You are certainly well prepared. Paul is on his way again and took a surfbag full of goodies for the boat. We had a great time with him and it was said to see him go again. Say hello to George and keep this blog going. love Mum and Dad