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Home » Blog » Sailboat Living » Bahamas Bound!

Bahamas Bound!

Posted: Oct31,2021 | Modified: October 31, 2021 | by Karen

Hampton Town Docks filled with boats ready to leave for the Bahamas
Snowcat at the end of the dock in Hampton, VA

We have been working hard to get Snowcat II back in sailing shape and now we’re ready for an adventure…the Bahamas! We have joined the Salty Dawg rally for cruisers and plan to sail south with about 80 other boats headed to the Caribbean and Bahamas.

Follow our passage online!

If you’d like to follow Snowcat II on our passage, here are a few links:

Our Garmin InReach will be tracking us at this link: https://share.garmin.com/NOR9Z

The rally organizers for Salty Dawg are also tracking the fleet.  To access their map and find Snowcat II, go to  https://forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/rally/2021-sdsa-caribbean-rally/

Activities leading up to departure

  • Dean arming life jacket
    Inspecting and arming the lifejackets
  • ginger and other seasickness remedies
    Ginger, Bonine and other seasickness remedies
  • Dean rinsing watermaker
    Rinsing the watermaker
  • Thumbs up for Karen's negative covid test
    Karen passes covid test
  • Dean swabbing for Covid test
    Dean swabs for the online covid process
  • proctored covid test before departure
    Proctored covid test required to enter the Bahamas
Lots of things to do before departure
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