Saturday, October 24, 2009


This is a typical Bahamian sailing smack boat. An old Bahamian I knew named Robbie, who was almost completely blind often sailed one from the Staniel Cay in the Exumas to Nassau (about 85 miles to the NE) and back with only a compass. Each April Bahamian sailors head to Georgetown in the Exumas for the National Family Island Regatta. I have not attended in a long time and I hope that they have kept their tradition and not gone to mylar and kevlar and all the other high tech gadgets that the sailboat racing industry have embraced.

2 comments:

Rob Siemann said...

Very nice picture!

Cezar and Léia said...

It must be thrilling to travel all this way with a compass!
God bless you!
Cezar