Tag Archives: Travel

Happiness in Hopetown

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Christine Kling

by Christine Kling It’s not everyday you meet some folks in a beach bar and get invited to their wedding less than a week later, but that is how things go here in Abaco. A week ago, I was anchored … Continue reading →

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Location Independent

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Christine Kling

by Christine Kling I’m not a Facebook power user but still, lately, I haven’t much liked going to the site ever since they changed the design (again!) and now the About section on the upper left side of the page … Continue reading →

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From a small boat in a small world

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Christine Kling

by Christine Kling Imagine how vast the earth must have seemed to the 18 men from Magellan’s Expedition who completed the first circumnavigation in 1522 by arriving in Seville almost exactly 3 years after they departed. Over 200 men died … Continue reading →

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Bahamian lunacy

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Christine Kling

by Christine Kling I’ve been feeling twitchy all day. You know those days when you just cannot get comfortable and your brain is unable to focus? Those days when you’re unaccountably sleepy, and you just want to curl up with … Continue reading →

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Just how good people are

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Christine Kling

by Christine Kling As an author of crime fiction, I spend lots of time making up stories where people do horrible things to each other.  But one of the best things about fiction is that I get to make the … Continue reading →

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There’s always a better way

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Christine Kling

by Christine Kling And I guarantee you that if you are a female solo skipper traveling around with the Yorkshire Terror, somebody is always going to stop to tell you about it. The other evening I was doing my laundry … Continue reading →

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Weather worries redux

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Christine Kling

by Christine Kling After weeks of waiting on weather, Talespinner and Rough Draft departed Fort Lauderdale around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 17th and headed across the Gulf Stream towards the Memory Rock entrance to the Great Bahama Bank. The … Continue reading →

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See Spot run

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Christine Kling

by Christine Kling It is dawn here at the Middle River anchorage and I still have not finished my blog for today (that is Mike and Mary’s boat Rough Draft on the left in the photo above). The little propane … Continue reading →

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Waiting on weather

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Christine Kling

  by Christine Kling Okay, I know there are worse places to be stuck waiting on weather in March than Fort Lauderdale, land of Bahia Mar and the infamous Busted Flush. A couple of days ago, I had to up … Continue reading →

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Help us help these kids by downloading 4 free books!

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Christine Kling

by Christine Kling Today here at Write on the Water we are asking you to help us help those kids in the photo above. Those of us who have self-published books are doing a special Kindle book giveaway for the … Continue reading →

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