by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jul 26, 2015 | boats
Excerpt from Chapter 24 – Norman’s Cay The trip was mercifully short. Everyone’s stomach was pleased to glide into the cut north of Wax Cay and hit smoother water. There were several boats already at...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jul 25, 2015 | boats
Our first anchorage, after leaving Elizabeth Harbour off George Town on Great Exuma island, was Lee Stocking Island. Ewan asked Ross to teach Ellie how to work the anchor windlass. It turned into quite the lesson in survival. ...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jul 24, 2015 | boats
The sail from Leaf Cay had been a real challenge. Crossing the shallow bar to the anchorage in massive breaking waves scared the bejesus out of the crew. Escape tied to a mooring ball just west of Staniel Cay, Exumas. Snorkeling the underwater cave system was a real...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jul 23, 2015 | boats
Excerpts and original pictures from Chapter 17 of Sailing Escape. Ellie cleaned away the dinner dishes. Ross and Ewan studied the chart. “I’d like to make Staniel Cay tomorrow.” “Looks doable to me, Boss. There’s still lots of light. Mind if I take the dinghy to Leaf...
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jul 21, 2015 | boats
My newest novel Sailing Escape is based on a sailboat delivery I made from the Exumas Islands in the Bahamas to Miami Florida in 1998. The final approval of the interior proof was made yesterday (7-20-2015). The book will be available for purchase by the end of July....
by jeff@lyonsroar.com | Jun 20, 2015 | Beach, boats, Ft. Lauderdale, Party
On Friday (6-12-15) my niece Nicole spent her first vacation after graduating from college at Condo Lyon in south Florida. Nicole’s friend Tatianna joined her for an action packed weekend and then we settled into a tropical groove. ...
