Grand Banks

My favorite Crown Jewel on all the Chesapeake is St. Michaels. This charming village with a fabulous anchorage overlooking the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is without peer.

I am always amazed when I find a new place in the Bahamas, but this one is especially egregious. I have been cruising the Bahamas and the Abacos specifically since the 1980's, and have cruised past this place probably 50 or more times.

Life changes when you head down-island, and I think Robert Frost may have said it best: “In a world of fugitives, the one going in the right direction appears to be running away.”

Every time I set off on a long cruise I am anxious and, if I am honest, I’m somewhat panicked. What if something breaks? It will. What if plans don’t go as I thought? They won’t. So, Why go? Simple.

Join contributor Milt Baker for a joyride on Tampa Bay as the two-time Grand Banks owner discovers a what he calls a "wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing" and one of the most responsive motoryachts he has ever handled.

Have a good laugh with comedians Jerry Seinfeld and Louis CK as they share coffee and cruise the Hudson River in CK's Grand Banks