Hello OSYC Let me give you an up date of our trip to the Bahamas. We left Brunswick at 3:30 PM on Tuesday May 5th and sailed for the 48 hours on the outside, actually we motored because the wind was on the nose and we wanted to get as far south as we could as quick as we could. We developed motor problems, the alternator was not charging the batteries. We pulled into Sturart and we were able to locate the problem, nothing major. We left Stuart on Friday and started south, we were still motoring, then we turned due east and started sailing. We sailed through the night, or to about 12-1 AM and decided we were getting to far off course and we started the motor..We ended up at West End in the Bahamas on Saturday. We left West End on Monday and got on the Little Bahama Banks and sailed to Great Sale Cay. We arrived at about 3 and anchored out.We notice two small sailboats anchored close to the Island and it looked like John and Sherry along with Bob Horan. We took the dingy over and it was in fact the John, Sherry, Bob and Erwin, a friend of Bob’s. Their trip across was a little more exciting, they check in at Walkers Cay, the very northern most of the Bahama Islands, they sailed for about 36 hours straight trying to get to the Bahamas. John and Sherry joined us for supper on Martini, Bob had all ready started his supper and decided not to join us. The next day we ex pored Great Sale, snorkeled and fish. We left Great Sale on Wednesday and headed for Allen-Pensacola Cay, we arrived at 3 PM.. This is really a neat Island, lots of sandy beaches and pretty water. We only stayed the day and left at first light. Our next stop was Green Turtle Cay. Then we sailed to Guana Cay, the home of Nippers, a famous Bar of the Bahamas. The view is beyond words, it is really a neat Island and we are off to expore the Beaches. There are no other Islands east of Guana. So far we have sailed a little over 525 miles. We have only stayed at the marina for four nights. The other nights we have either anchor or have been sailing. We are 11 days into our 49 day trip. More to come Greg