In October 2007 Gail and I took an 8-month leave of absence from work, moved aboard our 35' sloop Alisios for 7 months, and took her down the Intracoastal Waterway over to the southern Bahamas and back. We returned safe and sound June 2008 and are now back in our jobs and working on our next adventures. The links below include a downloadable book that I wrote about our journey along with photos, a slideshow, and other tidbits. - mbj

Significant Deviation, The Journal of s/v Alisios' Seven Month Cruise from the Chesapeake Bay to the Southern Bahamas and Back (224 page, 4 MB, .pdf book)

Photographs: Part I (down the ICW),   Part II (Bahamas),   Part III (trip home)

Slideshow: Slideshow

Books We Read

Boat-Friendly Bread Recipes

Great Guana Cay, April 2008