Sailing Interlude
The Adventures of Kurt & Katie Braun while sailing the world aboard the yacht Interlude
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Refit Interlude update
For the past seven months Interlude has been in Fort Lauderdale, Florida undergoing a major refit including complete paint job, engine rebuild, all new winches, dinghy, portlights, plumbing, refrigeration, upholstery, mirrors, artwork, varnish, canvas, etc. We plan to resume cruising in May. Here is a peek at her new look:
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Lauding Lauderdale
Here are some more photos showing Interlude’s new look. Fort Lauderdale has been a great place to do the refit. Thanks again to all those who have helped keep Interlude cruising in style: 84 Boat Works, Inc. A1 Marine All Points Boats, Inc. Apollo Lighting Aqua-holics Marine Services, Inc. Beard Marine Boat Owners Warehouse…
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Chub Check-in
We arrived at Chub Cay Bahamas yesterday afternoon in the middle of another thunder shower. This time we welcomed the post passage boat wash although the lack of visibility made anchoring a bit more challenging. Customs and Immigration were processed with typical colonial bureacracy but efficiently enough. We have so far managed to avoid…
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New Providence Projects
The last few days anchored at West Bay, New Providence, Bahamas (near Nassau) have been overcast with some spectacular thunder storms. We have been doing boat projects and studying charts & weather. There is a good weather net on SSB 4045 at 0630 run by Chris Parker. Conditions are somewhat unsettled making it hard…
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Excellent Exhumas
Yesterday we motored about a hundred miles SE to ‘Big Major’s Spot’ one of the many Cays in the Exhumas group. Here we finally found some fellow cruisers and anchored in 11 feet of clear aquamarine water on white sand. We never got our tuna (only two barracuda) and so had some more of…
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Major Black Cat
It is now ‘officially’ hurricane season and we have already had two tropical storms here in the West Atlantic and a couple in the Pacific as well – all before what the NHC predicted would be a benign season. We are watching the weather closely and because of our late start on the cruising…
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Conception Conservation
We had a very nice time exploring Conception Island. Anchoring first on the east side near Booby Cay (23d50.12 N, 75.05.57 W, 18 ft sand) where there was a bit of swell which the owner did not prefer. So the next day we moved over to the west side and anchored off the mouth…
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Hermit Bight
We have been very lucky with the wind direction and forecasting during our Bahamas cruise. Every time we move the prevailing easterly winds come around to an angle allowing us to have easy sails to our next anchorage. Today we had a very smooth light wind close hauled sail back to Cat Island. This…
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Fun in Fernandez Bay
Wednesday afternoon we motored around Bonefish Point to Fernandez Bay where at low tide we anchored off Fernandez Bay Village Resort with its beautiful beach (24d19.16’N, 75d28.47’W, 10 ft sand). Immediately on arrival we were hailed by one of two other yachts in the small bay to come over for sundowners. The plan was…
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Interlude Underway
After a relaxing time in the Bahamas (as relaxed as you can get during hurricane season), Interlude is underway again bound for somewhere along the Eastern Seaboard. We are heading for Cape Cod and on to Portland, Maine if possible but may need to pull into Delaware, New York or Rhode Island depending on…