Return to the USA
14 February 2017
We have left Georgetown with good winds of 15 to 20 knots and about 3ft waves. Everything went well. We anchored in Cave Cay where we were not able to sleep at all. The boat was rocking in every direction due to 'surges' which are caused by the tides. We couldn't wait for the sun to rise to be able to change location and finally relax, and sleep. With the sunrise we made it to Staniel Cay where we were able to truly relax. We saw pigs taking a swim, at last, and the Thunderball Grotto, the name came from the James Bond movie Thunderball (starring Sean Connery), which was quite impressive (the cave not the movie!). Coming back we stopped in Normand Cay and Allen Cay. Christian tried out his harpoon to no avail. No fish, or lobster :(
Although it's very humid, we have had nice weather and plenty of sun. It's always around 90% humidity.
With good winds and few waves, we left for another adventure 30 nautical miles away to Rose Island (near Nassau). On the same side as Exuma bank the islands shielded us from bad waves. From there we wait for the right weather, they are predicting strong winds and we need to pass near the ocean, I don't want to have too many waves ... so we wait a few more days at Rose Island.
Despite all our efforts to catch fish, it has proved unsuccessful. Even with 3 lines in the water when navigating, it's really not working. If we want to eat fish we will have to buy some in Georgetown.
We are now at the tip of Berry Island, in position to take sail to Bimini Island. We have 16 to 20 hours of navigation all depending on the winds. Tonight (February 14th) (Happy Valentine's Day everyone!) our sailing starts around 6pm in order to arrive during daylight. We don't want to arrive at Bimini Island during the night since we don't know the island, it's much too dangerous.
A DC3 crashed in 1982, in the bay where we are at anchor, with a cargo bay full of marijuana. We went to see the carcass and after a small inspection we were unable to find any pot.
To be continued...
Pictures to come...