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Charleston, SC

Written by Alexis Bach on September 25th, 2009 — Leave a Comment

by Sara and Alexis Bach
The voyage north from the Bahamas to Charleston ended with three solid days of non-stop cloud coverage. The clouds brought rain, wind, and waves. Finally, motoring into Charleston Harbor was a feeling of relief. It was our first time back to the United States in over two years. Just from a [...]

Art Week – The Balance

Written by TracyBach on June 3rd, 2009 — 4 Comments

You asked for it! Another Art Week! The finished piece entitled “The Balance”.
This is a rather larger format piece, at about 5ft tall. Medium is acrylic, the prompt is “Good vs. Evil”. I chose to use traditional western imagery to personify the concepts good and evil, and as a reference to life and death. The [...]

Art Week

Written by TracyBach on May 11th, 2009 — 7 Comments

So I know that you guys were expecting another update on a tropical paradise. Sorry, no such luck this week. This week, I’ve decided to do art instead. Normally I would put the art off and do the update first, but my current piece is under a time deadline (May 19th) as I will be [...]

Greater Abacos

Written by Lauren Bach on June 28th, 2008 — 6 Comments

It is widely believed that the name for the island chain of the “Bahamas” was derived from the Spanish words “baja mar” which means “shallow seas”. So it is no mystery that the Spanish treasure fleets avoided the chain as much as our captain intended. The average depths around the individual islands are about four [...]

San Salvador

Written by Preston Bach on June 10th, 2008 — 2 Comments

I woke up for my watch at 4:00 A.M. to find us in the lee of San Salvador with an eight knot wind on the beam and the boat slowly progressing at one to two knots. I was sitting at the helm in the dark, studying the glow from the lights of Cockburn Town while [...]

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