[Rhodes22-list] Bill's Bahama Trip

[Chris Geankoplis]

Louis,
    Let me know when you go I'll crew for you.  Also we can stay with my
sister in Granada, she has a couple of businesses there!
G-dog
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Luis Guzman" <trpclman at yahoo.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 4:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Bill's Bahama Trip


> Chris,
>
>   I love your stories.
>
>   I think that you should write a guide to cruising the Bahamas in a small
(but confortable) boat. I'll interested in getting more tips as I'm planning
in doing so in the near future. It's more, I would love go go island hoping
all the way down to Venezuela.
>
>   Luis
>
>   S/V Miracle
>
> Chris Geankoplis <napoli68 at charter.net> wrote:
>   Dear Bill,
> I've lost a lot of info because of the dead hardrive, however
> I'll do my best.
>
> We did not need the sleeping bags (summer weight) and gave them to a
> returning powerboater and picked them up later in Ft. Lauderdale.
>
> Boy was I glad I had:
> 45watt solar panel
> A good sunshade and side panels
> Lots of food (it cost a fortune to buy anything there)
> Several spare sparkplugs (the fuel was dirty and salt filled, it really
> fouled the plugs)
> Plenty of water containers (water is hard to come by)
> A fixed VHF with a masthead mounted antenna and a handheld to talk to the
> boat from shore.
> A copy (out of print) of Peter Benchley's "The Island" to read out loud
and
> scare the hell out of the listeners!
>
> I had two danforths and a great rock anchor which was the old yachtsman
> foldable anchor (you know the one tatooed on Pop-Eye's arm). All the
> anchors had 10 feet of chain and 150 of 1/2 inch 3 strand. I also always
> anchored with a minimum of 2 anchors and almost always dove down to hand
set
> if necessary. (watch the currents they are strong and switch back and
> forth) also expect a large and very territorial baraccuda to check you out
> as you do the chore. I used a plow type in the Baja and it worked fine
also.
>
> I did not have a dingy with a motor, only a small 3 person max inflatable
> that we rowed around, lots of excercise but it would have been nice to
have
> had a little 3 hp lightweight aircooled outboard. (not sure where I would
> have put it).
>
> It might be of help if you check out the "Baja Prelim" in the archives.
The
> trip to the Sea of Cortez was similar in the prep and type of equipment I
> used for the Bahamas trip.
>
> Oh yeah, Go to Great Stirrup Island in the Berrys. Anchor on the south
> side and then hike north, but dress up as if you were a tourist off a
cruise
> boat. If you time it right on the north side of the island is a big beach
> owned by the Disney and Carnival lines. They have big BBQ's on the beach
> (free of course to the guest on the ships) Just exit the scrub jungle as
yo
> u are zipping up your fly. Then mingle, eats lots of BBQ and food and
> charge your drinks to cabin B 326. (Just kidding about charging the
drinks).
> My brother and I had a great time and ate and drank ourselvs full. Then
the
> local serving lady filled a bag with left over food and Ice for our boat.
> We tried to play dumb but she just laughed and pointed out that "Dem
> cockelburs in yo socks, de grows on the sout side of de island.
>
> Chris G
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "William E. Wickman"
> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 6:04 AM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Bill's Bahama Trip
>
>
> >
> > Wow Chris. I wish I had that much time. This trip is doubly special for
> > me because it is the last bonding experience with my son before he goes
> off
> > to college. I will probably not have as much time with him collectively
> > for the next 4 years as I will have on this one trip. I was hoping to
> > stretch it into a three week trip (let alone 3 months) but alas, my son
> has
> > a summer job as a camp counselor at some far away camp so I'll be
limited
> > to two weeks; besides the fact that I would probably lose my job if I
took
> > longer.
> >
> > I plan to follow your footsteps to Bimini and then on to the Berry
> Islands.
> > If time, weather, and the mood strikes us we may sail over to Providence
> to
> > visit my wife and two daughters who will be there for a week while one
of
> > my daughters works as an intern at Dolphin Encounters. A story, and the
> > genesis for this whole adventure, which I will not bore you with. One
> > cardinal rule that I do plan to follow is to not have a scheduled
> > itinerary. I'll leave that for the cruise ships.
> >
> > Since you have been there, done that, I have a few of questions for you:
> >
> > What things did you not take that you wish you had?
> >
> > What things did you take that you found you did not need?
> >
> > Is my Fortress danforth anchor (I've got two plus a small one for my
> > dinghy) adequate for anchoring in the Bahamas, or did you find need for
a
> > plow type?
> >
> > Is an outboard for the dinghy an essential piece of equipment? I have
> read
> > that they are, but most of the people that say so were large boats with
> > deeper drafts than the Rhodes22.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bill W.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Chris
> > Geankoplis"
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> > Bill,
> > I missed your original statement about a trip to the Bahamas. Your
> > Idea/itinary sounds good. I've made the trip on my previous Rhodes and
> > liked it so well in the Bahamas I stayed for 3 months. I Sailed to
Bimini
> > then Berry islands (some cool stuff there)-Providence to Eluthra back to
> > Profidence Then South through all theExumas, back to Providence and
south
> > again to Georgetown then Back north to the northernmost islands
including
> > Walker Cay then over to Freeport and finally to Gun Cay for the return
> > trip. You can contact me backchannel if I can be of any help.
> >
> > Chris Geankoplis
> > S/V Enosis
> > Medford, OR
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