Travels of Team Noodin

On March 3rd we rolled into Elizabeth Harbour on Great Exuma Island. Seventeen years before, Phebe and I vacationed here and it was the spark that got this crazy sailing idea started. This is a beautiful place but what makes it unique is the number of cruising sailboats that gather here each winter. We had … Continue reading Returning to Where it Started 

The weather rules. If you're a cruising sailor it's all about the weather. We left Warderick Wells southbound with a good long range forecast with moderate easterly winds. East winds are important here in the Exumas because it can be hard to find an anchorage that is protected from other directions. After a couple of … Continue reading A Step Forward and a Step Back

We worked our way along the west coast of Eleuthera, stopping at the settlements of Governors Harbour and Rock Sound. Governors Harbour was a pretty little place with a slightly tourist oriented economy. Rock Sound, on the other hand, was poor and run down with its best days behind it. From Rock Sound it was … Continue reading On to the Exumas 

When we were outfitting Noodin for this adventure we wanted to make her (and us) self reliant. Three things that we added to help with that were new sails, solar panels, and a watermaker. We have four 100 watt panels installed on the Bimini that provide the power that we need. The watermaker is a … Continue reading Technology at Work

We were up at 5:00am to begin our passage from the Abacos to Eleuthera. We had a lot of miles to cover so we needed to get an early start. On the other hand, we were leaving through the Little Harbour cut and we needed enough light to evaluate the conditions as we started through … Continue reading First Days in Eleuthera 

We've already been in the Abacos for nearly two weeks. Tonight we are anchored at Lynyard Cay with 15 other boats preparing for a 60 mile passage to the island of Eleuthera at first light. Our stay in the Abacos has been fun but marked by a couple of cold fronts that had us hiding … Continue reading Goodbye Abacos, Eleuthera here we come – watch the blue dots move Wednesday 

The crew of Noodin wishes everyone a Merry Christmas from Brunswick, Georgia.