Steve and Laura's Excellent Adventure

We arrived in Stuart, Florida on April 26th from the Bahamas and decided to try a new mooring location at the Sunset Bay Marina. Our original plan had to been to continue on after a day or two to a dock in Titusville, but we found the mooring field to be super-protected, the facilities really nice, and its location in downtown Stuart ideal.  There are many restaurants and parks nearby, along with plenty of shopping options within walking distance. After a couple of days, we decided that we would feel comfortable to leave Starry Night at the mooring field while we traveled to Mississippi and North Carolina and would stay there for the remainder of the month of May, after our return.  View of Sunset Bay Marina Mooring Field from Dinghy Dock / During our first week in Stuart, we enjoyed the beautiful riverwalk there, had dinner with some friends who live nearby, Steve did some fishing, and we visited my parents for a couple of days. They graciously loaned us their car once again, allowing

Jan and Mark arrived on April 5th and the four of us spent that afternoon reviewing options for the next three weeks. Since they would be sailing back to Florida with us, we were free to go wherever the wind would take us. Our only constraint was getting back to Florida in time for family events in early May. We decided to head back to the Exuma Islands with the intent to travel further south to George Town, which is one of the most popular places in the Bahamas for cruisers. We had never been there before and wanted to check it out, and depending on timing and weather, we could also use George Town as a launching point to some of the out islands such as Conception Island or Cat Island.  Fearless Foursome Back in the Bahamas The next morning wasn't good sailing weather, but we motored to Allan's Cay in calm and comfortable conditions.  We anchored in between Allan's Cay and Leaf Cay but there were quite a few boats and we later realized that they were all swinging out of ph