A Sail of Two Idiots (2 page)
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Authors: Renee Petrillo
What Do You Mean You're Leaving Us?
A Quick Note About Charts and Navigation
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Becoming Green Turtle (Abacos) Bahamas Residents
If One Anchor Is Good, Two Is Better, Right?
The Whale (Cue the Suspense Music)
Ping-Ponging Around the Rest of the Abacos
12
Back to the Abacos: Practicing and Fixing, Fixing and Practicing
Fixing Things in Exotic Locations
13
Good-Bye, Abacos, Hello, Exumas (in the Central Bahamas)
Big Majors Spot and Staniel Cay
Black Point Settlement, Great Guana Cay (Yes, Another One)
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A Milestone Is ReachedâGeorge Town (Bahamas)
Guess It's Time to Stop Pussyfooting Around and Get Out of Here
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Who You Calling Chicken? Bahamas, Stage Left
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Turks and CaicosâDefinite Possibilities
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The Dominican RepublicâIsland A+, Anchorage Fâ
Hurricane Season? What Hurricane Season? We're Leaving
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Our Longest Sail EverâAdios, Dominican Republic!
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Hola, Puerto Rico! The United States on Island Time
A Tour of the Southern CoastâFirst Up, Cabo Rojo
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If We Can't Be Virgins, Then Let's Go to Them (the Islands, That Is)
Final Moments with the Virgins
21
Bonjour! Welcome to St. Martin (and a Quickie to St. Barths and Anguilla)
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Island Hopping to Saba, Statia, and St. Kitts and Nevis (Islands That Brush the Clouds)
Nevis as a Launching Pad to Antigua
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Reverse CourseâBack to Antigua!
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And Back Down Again on the
Jacumba
Express
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From Miami to Grenada: Who'd Have Believed It?
33
St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Otherwise Known as Paradise
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Maybe, but Let's Go to Barbuda for a Look-see
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It Was a Bad Sail; It Was a Good Sail
40
You're Hired, We're Home (Sort of)
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D Is for Deflated, Dispirited, Depressed
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Change That to Delighted, Delirious, Disembarking!
Our Last Boat Bottom Scrubbing!
Appendix: How We Chose Our Island
3A Know Whose Side Your Broker's On
4 Pictures Lie and So Do the People Who Take Them
5 Shop Around, Be Patient, and Trust Your Instincts
7 Your Eyes Should Not Be Bigger Than Your Wallet
8 Don't Completely Abandon Your Ship
11 Past Employers Are Your Friends
16A You Can Never Have Enough Spares
17 You Cannot Have Too Much Stuff!
18 You Will Wait for WeatherâA Lot
20 Neptune Has a Strange Sense of Humor
22 No, You Do Not Like It Rough
27 There Cannot Be Two Captains
41 To Sail, You Need Your Sail Up!
47 Patience, Patience, Patience
48 It's Not Heavy, It's Your Anchor
50 If It Smells Like a Fish â¦
51A Make Sure All Systems Are Go
51B Do the Same for Your Engine
61 Stop and Smell the Roses (or Sand)
63 Don't Always Go by the Book
75 Become a Grocery Store Connoisseur
77 Boating Isn't for Hermits Anymore
