http://sailthreesheets.com Lynne+Brian's Adventures Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:15:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is a summary of techniques I had success with last year while fishing in the Bahamas. This is mostly for the sake of our friend Ben, who hopefully reads this post. Rig: I've tried rods+reels (admittedly, cheap ones).   I've had trouble losing fish when using a reel, so I prefer a ... http://sailthreesheets.com/a-quick-guide-to-mahi-mahi-fishing-from-a-sailboat.html We arrived Monday in Salem, making it back in very good time.  We did the trip primarily in 2 offshore hops, the first from Bahamas to Beaufort, NC and the second from Norfolk, VA to the Cape Cod Canal. Stay tuned for catchup writing to the blog of some of our ... http://sailthreesheets.com/were-home.html Monday morning we woke up with the thought to knock the last few provisioning items off of our list, and to get ourselves fully prepped to depart for Long Island the next day.  As we were about to hop into the dinghy and head ashore, Martijn came paddling alongside.  He'd ... http://sailthreesheets.com/geore-town-departures-martijns-and-ours.html Trip to George Town Wednesday March 18 We awoke early, and after a quick cup of coffee, we collapsed the Portabote and stowed it away, and then, last as always, we hauled up our anchor and began to head out.  Both Rotop and Renaissance had tried to go out Little Farmer's ... http://sailthreesheets.com/george-town-and-finally-a-replacement-forestay.html Trip to Staniel Cay & Staniel Cay March 8- In the morning, after a quick consultation with the gang, we decided to head off to Staniel Cay, in the hopes that we would be able to make the full distance in one hop.  Rotop was joining us, but Renaissance decided that ... http://sailthreesheets.com/staniel-cay-black-point-and-little-farmers.html Allen's Cay and Norman's Cay March 4-7 We arrived mid afternoon at Allen's Cay, after a very uneventful motor-sail across the Yellow Banks.  As has been the case with so much of our travels, we found that we were in need of charging for the batteries, and also that we were ... http://sailthreesheets.com/allens-cay-and-normans-cay-and-the-best-burger-since-the-states.html Nassau- February 28-March 4 We awoke on the 28th to calmer seas but still good stong breeze, and after a quick consult over the radio with Michael and Cate, we decided it was time to head off.  We'd disassembled the Portabote the night before and stowed it and I'd repaired the ... http://sailthreesheets.com/nassau.html Hoffman's Cay/Devil's Cay was a beautiful, although very rolly anchorage.  We had come in and tucked in somewhat behid Fowl Cay to get some additional protection from the winds and the surge coming off of the "Tongue of the Ocean" - the waterway we'd entered into the harbor from.  Unlike ... http://sailthreesheets.com/hoffmans-caydevils-cay.html We found ourselves the last of our little armada of three in our departure from Bimini, our several nights at anchor with two anchors down had produced a nice twisting of the two anchor lines.  With a little effort from both Brian and I, we managed to unwrap our secondary ... http://sailthreesheets.com/an-epic-sail-to-the-berry-islands-and-our-first-stop-in-the-berries.html Bimini has been wonderful, but it's time for us to move on!  We've got a good weather window that will allow us to make it to the Berry Islands within two days travel, so we'll be pulling hook shortly and moving along.  That said, I am yet once again laggard ... http://sailthreesheets.com/356.html