We had 50 miles to sail on the Little Bahamas Bank, one last time to glimpse the beautiful waters of the Bahamas. We were off the banks by 11am and the boys were ready to let out all 4 fisihng lines once we reached the drop off. We set a westerly course inorder to quickly get into the swift Gulf Stream current. The center is located apporximatley 30 miles off the banks. The waters in the Gulf Stream are warmer and we kept a log of the temperature increase, going from 90.4 F up to 93.2 F and our speed incresed by 3.5 knots! We were sailing at 8.5- 9 knots!! woo-woo! The day was warm and unevevntful (which is good) until sunset when --zzzinggg- out goes a line and we have a big beautiful Mahi-mahi on! 4 feet 7 inches- oh yeah! It gave all 3 boys a good fight. Day 2 was a good one.
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We weighed anchor at 9am this morning from Green Turtle Cay, said farewell to our friends on SandDollar, pointed EIRA north and we are on our way back to the states. We motored 50 miles today across the Sea of Abaco and onto the Bahama Banks under clear skies, very little wind and warm temperatures. We dropped the hook of off Great Sale Cay this evening to eat dinner, Menno made cracked conch, and get a wee bit of sleep. We will continue at midnight and sail across the Banks to Mantanilla Shoal where we officailly exit The Bahamas. ohhh, this is sad. Yes, I am having a hard time of it! The plan to leave at midnight has something to do with Menno's desire to catch fish in the gulf stream tomorrow! We will exit the Banks mid morning and be in the gulf stream during daylight hours in hopes of catching more fish! I won't let him fish at night! Our sail plan is to try and make it to Charleston,SC- 360 miles- with arrival expected on June 6. That's all for now. Good night.
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We had a fun day zooming through the Sea of Abaco in the "go-fast" boat. We headed south from Hope Town and stopped at Sandy Cay for some snorkling and beach combing then continued onto Little Harbour. Lunch was at Pete's Pub and we toured Johnsons Art Gallery on the beach. On our way north we spotted some dolphins playing on the sandbar so we quickly put on mask and snorkles and jumped into swim with the dolphins! No hunting and gathering on this trip because we were in park land most of the day.
Photo: Annelise, John, Valerie and Daniel
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