Being in paradise comes with it's own unique problems. What happens when a part suddenly breaks in a place where you can't even go ashore? Our water pump failed in beautiful Norman's Cay, the Bahamas. Can we fix it? Where can we get a replacement?
Come an...
In this episode of Sailing Dark Angel, we take our time and fly the spinnaker to Normans Cay . This time at Normans, we time it just right for diving the plane wreck.
Will Dave ever figure out how to rig the spinnaker right the first time?
Swimming agains...
After Compass Cay we leave Shroud Cay, where we counted three thunderstorm cells going through. Then we push on to Allan's Cay for a few days. Some neighbours drop in. We get a short, but very windy storm, and Dark Angel gets her bottom wiped. We explore S...
There's so much to see in Pipe Creek, near Compass Cay, the Bahamas, that we spent day after day walking the sandbars and exploring the coral gardens. We had a tough time filtering down hours of video to bring you some of the most beautiful coral we've see...
Today's video is not this week's video.
We are pushing our video release day to Wednesday at 10am going forward.
We ran out of time for this week due to some very time sensitive boat projects that we'll be showing in upcoming videos, so we need a breather,...
This time the sharks of Compass Cay come to visit us instead of the other way around. A steady stream of these beautiful creatures comes to the boat to hang out with us. A deeply hung over Lisa makes the hike to Rachel's Bubble Bath on Compass Cay, under p...
Our last visit to Staniel Cay for the season takes us snorkeling along the Little Majors Cay, paddleboarding and kayaking to a cave on Big Majors Cay. A private little dance party that may, or may not have been alcohol inspired, and the next day we say goo...
What does 600 watts of solar, over 900aH of batteries and a 2200W generator get you? Nothing.
Our solar doesn't work well, our batteries don't maintain a charge, and now our generator has died!
Where do you go for generator repair in the Exumas? Good quest...
We compared our GoPro Hero 7 Black with a red lens filter to our GoPro Hero 10 Black with no filter to see what worked better for underwater filming in the shallow, clear blue waters of White Point in the Bahamas. But first we checked to see if spinning ar...
White Point is by far our favourite Exumas anchorage. There's lots of room, beautiful beaches and startlingly clear water. Celebrate our return to White Point with us by exploring the shadows under the waves with us.
What will we find under here?
Don't fo...
Deja Vu Beach and Shark Feeding!
We finally make it back to Black Point. I love this place. It feels like I've always known it. This time we visit a beach on the ocean side. It's not much for swimming, but the view is stunning. Stopping near Lorraine's to ...
We skip a beat and add sailing for a finale. Stay tuned to the end for sailing!
King tides can cause navigation problems. Your charts will not be accurate, and for us, that meant low tide was lower than low.
What's a king tide? Come and find out!
What's...
We're Lisa & Dave. We love to travel anywhere warm and friendly, to explore, meet new people, see new places, and share what we see. Sailing Dark Angel is our unscripted tale of learning a whole new life. Freedom and adventure on the water, living an a...
Diving shallow waters has its advantages. Shallow water allows more light and brighter colors. The Pimlico Cays in the Exumas are shallow and rocky with plenty of healthy coral, beautiful reef fish and angelfish with attitude. We'll call this beautiful, bi...
Lee Stocking Island is a scenic wonderland. Exploring, filming and photographing the beautiful cliffs and waters provides some challenges.
Wind, waves, treacherous footing a touch of speluncaphobia makes getting good footage a challenge, and good audio al...
We didn't get enough of Conception Island during our last short visit, so we couldn't resist as this paradise Island beckoned to us all the way from Cat Island. We weighed anchor and sailed back to explore the beaches, mangroves, reefs and stunning feature...
At Cat Island, dig into Duke's conch salad to stoke up for your hike to the highest elevation in the entire Bahamas. Theresa takes us on a tour of the historic hermitage. It's a bit of a hike, but it's a fascinating look into the life of the famous Father ...
SDA41 Spinnaker Rigging Done Wrong!
Just in time to head for Cat Island, we find a new furling line to fix the jib furler This beautiful downwind sail to Cat Island was the perfect opportunity to fly our spinnaker for the first time. If only we knew how ...
Our jib sail furler gets messed up heading into beautiful Conception Island. How do you screw up the only sail you can fly? We figured out a way.
Conception Island is breathtaking. Parrot fish looking up at me as I swim with them, thinking 'whatthef@ckare ...
Calabash Bay. Long Island is a beautiful area, with a Bahamian resort along the sandy shoreline, shallow, but stunning Hoosie Harbour caves and beaches, and the apparently famous Rainbow Reef just outside the harbour. Is the reef all it's hyped to be?
A ...
Beautiful sailing conditions take us from Georgetown Exumas to Long Island. A quick stop at Thompson Bay leads us north to Whale Head, near Morris Settlement where we wait out some gale force weather to dive the reefs and coral heads around Whale Head, so ...
Georgetown is a major cruiser hub at the bottom of the Exumas. Stop at beautiful Emerald Bay Marina along the way. Everyone hits the famous Chat n Chill beach bar, but while you're there grab a conch salad from Ronaldo just down the beach. He puts on a gre...
David Copperfield's Rudder Cut Cay has some pretty cool stuff to check out. Caves, shallows full of life, with the chillest turtles and The Musician. David Copperfield commissioned this grand piano with an attentive mermaid, to drop in an undisclosed locat...
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