Join the crew of s/v Luna Sea as we sail from George Town to Long Island - and explore Thompson's Bay on our Beneteau 393! For day to day updates you can che...

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in this episode we leave the eggs umas

and head to the first out island for us

which was Long Island it was about a 40

mile sail we did an overnighter at Sims

and then sailed the next day down to

Thompson Bay as soon as we hit deeper

waters we finally caught our first big

fish with three fish on at once we

didn't have a free hand to grab the

video camera but we were able to get a

couple of pictures after the fact we

only kept one fish there's not enough

room in our tiny freezer for more than

that and just so you know filleting a

fish in three-foot seas underway is not

ideal seasickness quickly kicked in but

it was worth it on the cell from Sims to

Thompson's

we got a bit of a squall we had winds in

the low to mid 20s we were fully reefed

on the main and had the jib reef and

we're still making about seven and a

half knots

despite the wetness it was a pretty good

sail

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the skies cleared the Sun came out and

we carried on safely to Long Island good

morning from Long Island Bahamas we

found out that there's a farmers market

here in Thompson Bay on Saturday

mornings so we are about to head out zip

over to land and see if we can find some

fruits and veggies fingers crossed

one of the tricky parts about coming to

a new island is always finding a good

spot to tie up the dink you have tides

winds rocks and unknown variables to

contend with this island happen to have

a privately owned dock they allow

cruisers to use which is a great thing

to get anywhere on land involves walking

or dragging our bikes to shore our first

adventure of the day it was the farmers

market veggies are kind of hard to come

by here because they're all shipped in

from the States and ridiculously

expensive so it was really exciting to

find some locally grown stuff we found

tons of things but really you just

needed a few we can only keep food for a

few days without it going bad this was

really happening spot this Saturday they

even had some unexpected surprises that

we had no need for on lumisi after the

farmers market we headed off to our next

adventure

where are we heading now

some of the really unique items in the

Bahamas don't come with specific

directions in this case we had some

general guidance from the local Cruiser

on how to get here but there's no signs

in very few trail markings and in a lot

of cases really overgrown trails so it's

hard to find your way to get exactly

where you're going

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we found out immediately after he said

we couldn't find it and we were going

back to the street there was a left turn

hidden trail I heard bats just didn't

see any you got to go deeper inside

gotta go deep in the cave that's what

she said

splinters

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I like your cave it's real big

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with our adventures over for the day it

was time to head back to Luke

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so we just hit the farmers market and

check that out

spinach kale and bell peppers and this

much spinach at the store $6 at the

farmers market locally grown not shipped

in $2 which is way better

one of the downsides to this amazing

lifestyle is sometimes missing

significant events and milestones of

friends and family back home

happy birthday Laurie happy 40th

birthday from Long Island Bahamas happy

birthday cheers to you dear drinking at

9:30 a.m. just for you

it's a Becker special after our early

morning mimosa we headed off to the

beach

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the beach on the Atlantic side of

Thompson Bay is absolutely one of my

favorite and we've seen a lot of beaches

in the Bahamas it was a calm day because

the wind was out of the West and the

Atlantic is on the east side of Long

Island we were able to get in the water

and explore this completely deserted

beach

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why are you filtering the works because

some people make stupid apps we got word

of a cruisers happy hour on the beach

that means bonfires appetizers and

drinks or the whole load of people that

were hanging out in the Anchorage with

us this is one of our favorite things to

do especially when we have cool people

like salty Falls to provide some

entertainment

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thanks so much for tagging a log on our

Thompson Bay visit check in next time

for Cape Santa Maria Long Island

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