Turtle grass clogging our Rocna anchor at Green Turtle Cay

We arrived at Green Turtle near low tide and would have run aground if we'd tried to enter. Yup, the Abacos are shallow. So we dropped the hook in 8 feet of water outside the entrance and went in on the next morning's high tide. White Sound Harbor has a reputation for poor holding so we put out plenty of scope, let the hook bite, and backed her down after a while. Good to go, we thought.

As the wind rose into the low 20s several neighbors started dragging -- not normal! And they all had roll bar type anchors like ours -- not good! Never had we seen this type of mass failure. What's going on down there? A dive on our own anchor answered the question and an anchor drill ensued. In the end we rode out the blow on two anchors, which was a first for us. But it made the prep work and inconvenience of having kept the big storm Danforth rigged on deck throughout the Bahamas worth it in the end.

It was Valentine's day and with the anchors holding we had dinner that night on shore listening to the mellow tones of "The Sax Man" as he and his smooth talking front man worked through their repertoire of 80's and 90's romance hits. It was corny but it was sweet and three weeks later the melodies are still dancing in our heads.