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$9 for Spam!

“The ‘Explorer’ chartbooks. All three.”

“An unlocked phone. But good luck with BTC.”

“Spam. It’s ‘spensive there!”

These were just a few suggestions we received from fellow sailors who had cruised the Bahamas when we asked how to best prepare for the trip. In fact, several reported, independently, sticker-shock over the price of Spam there. So, what did my partner, Phillip, and I do? Stowed Spam everywhere! In cans. In pouches. Under the couches. (Or settees, rather.) But here’s the thing…

WE DON’T EVEN LIKE SPAM.

We never eat it. But other cruisers do. For them, it is a coveted staple, and what they were trying to do was help Phillip and me—soon to set off from Pensacola, Florida, on , our 1985 Niagara 35, bound for the Bahamas—not find ourselves in need of something that may be sparse or expensive over there. And now, having made the trip to the Bahamas ourselves,

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