Kroozing! Bahama Style

The is my new ship!  The sky is a little smaller than the  Jade, but has more personal feel. 

Actually this is the Sky .   Which used to be the “Pride of Aloha” ( hence the flowers that still adorn her sides) when she was stationed in Hawaii.  




We  do 2 cruises per week. 3 and 4 days long.
We embark Friday and go to the Great Stirrup Cay (GSC) , a privately owned island the offers beaches, snorkeling, parasailing and eco tours, for a price of course.   We have a medical hut that we hang out in and provide basic first aid to the passengers that get cut or scraped or stung by a stray jelly fish.  

Most of the day there is nothing going on and no internet so it is a bit boring to say the least.  Since we have to have a Doc on the boat at all times, GSC duty is what you get to do on your day off!  But I guess it could be worse!!!    Saturday night we head for Nassau .   We spend Sunday in Nassau  then head back to Miami that evening and arrive Monday morning. and unload the passengers, clean the ship, and get the next load of passengers loaded up and then we set sail that evening for Freeport.   
We arrive in Freeport about  0630 and spend the day there or in the nearby town of Lucaiya which has a lot more to offer in the way of shopping and dining. Which wouldn’t take much, come  to think of it, since Freeport  has nothing besides a few shops built next to the dock  that sell island print shirts, dresses and carvings.

The Atlantis hotel from our ship in the cruise ship docks

 Then we are off that night for GSC  and we spend Wednesday doing that routine again and then its overnight to Nassau.  Thursday we spend in Nassau before we head back to Miami that night, arriving Friday morning to start the process again

Miami gets some spectacular sunsets the  we get to see as we head out for the Bahamas.  Lets see how does that go; "Red sky in the morning , Sailor take warning, red at night sailors delight!"