Sailing Catamaran: Following the steps of James Bond; The Thurderball grotto.

Countries visited by boat

1 nautical mile(nm)=1.86km

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Antigua & Barbuda.....61 nm

Australia...........1239 nm

Bahamas.......2009...529 nm

Bahamas.......2012...607 nm

British Indies

- Turks and Caicos

- ......2009..........45 nm

- Turks and Caicos

- ......2012.........478 nm

- Montserrat..........33 nm

Canary Ialands.......172 nm

Cape Verde.............5 nm

Colombia.............293 nm

Dominica..............37 nm

Dominican Republic...293 nm

Equator

- Galapagos............5 nm

Egypt................846 nm

Eritrea..............273 nm

Fiji...................5 nm

French Indies

- St-Marteen.2009....103 nm

- St-Marteen.2012....103 nm

- St-Barth............19 nm

- Guadeloupe.........124 nm

- Martinique..........67 nm

French Polynesia...1,043 nm

Grenada...............85 nm

Greece...............558 nm

Gibraltar.............37 nm

Indonesia..........1,656 nm

Italia...............672 nm

Malaysia.............449 nm

Maldives...............5 nm

Netherlands Antilles

- Bonaire............ 44 nm

- Curacao............ 63 nm

- Aruba.............. 55 nm

Maroc................146 nm

Panama...............692 nm

Puerto Rico (US).....222 nm

Samoa..................5 nm

St-Kitt and Nevis.....61 nm

St-Vincent............80 nm

Singapore.............47 nm

Spain................818 nm

Sri Lanka..............5 nm

Sudan................337 nm

Thailand ............166 nm

Turkey...............419 nm

USA................1,760 nm

Vanuatu................5 nm

Venezuela............391 nm

Virgin Islands (US)

...........2009.......21 nm

Virgin Islands (US)

...........2012......107 nm

Virgin Islands (US)...21 nm

Yemen................457 nm

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46 countries......15,764 nm

Ocean Passages

1 nautical mile(nm)=1.86km

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Pacific ocean

- Panama to

....Galapagos.......880 nm

- Galapagos to

....Marquesas......3050 nm

- French Polynesia to

....Samoa..........1179 nm

- Samoa to

....Fiji............574 nm

- Fiji to

....Vanuatu.........711 nm

- Vanuatu to

....Australia.....1,320 nm

Indian ocean

- Darwin to

....Kupang..........476 nm

- Thailand to

....Sri Lanka.....1,150 nm

- Sri Lanka to

....Maldives........457 nm

- Maldives to

....Yemen..........1503 nm

Atlantic ocean

- Rabat Morocco to

....Canary Islands..459 nm

- Canary Islands to

....Cape Verde...s..866 nm

- Cape Verde to

....Antigua.......2,111 nm

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3 oceans.........14,736 nm

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Following the steps of James Bond; The Thurderball grotto.

The main attraction at Staniel Cay is to dive the Thurderball Cave, which borrows its name from the James Bond movie that was shot there. The site was apparently used for the movie “Splash” as well. Thus, afraid of nothing, your two adventurers put on their masks and fins and followed the steps of agent 007. All right, the cave in questions is about 75ft by 50ft but it was an adventure nevertheless! The site, even if not very big, was quite magical. Populated by hundreds of fishes waiting for a few bread crumbs that the tourists bring them when they come to visit the site, the cave offers an impressive canvas of lights above and below the water from a large hole in the ceiling as well as from the many side openings that let the sunlight in. We went at low tide while the top of the two main accesses where above water. Otherwise, we would have had to dive a few feet to get in the cave and with the very strong current that flows through them; it wouldn’t have been very safe. We are good swimmers but we are far from team Cousteau here! But the show was not only inside the cave. On the walls outside the West entrance we could find a stunning coral bank. We’ve seen many coral banks in the Bahamian waters so far, but the impressive diversity of corals of this one offered a picture of colors and shapes that was worth the visit by itself.

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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Following the steps of James Bond; The Thurderball grotto.