March 29th and 30th, 2010 Big Majors Spot, Exumas

There is a front approaching and the wind blew hard all day from the south precluding any trips to shore. We read for a while but during the morning I cooked up some black beans and rice ... and then decided to try Susan's bread recipe.

The beans were great but by the end of the day the bread was marginal. It just didn't seem to rise like it should have. It may have been the yeast or possibly it was just a little drafty in the boat. Anyway it was ok but a little heavy.

In the afternoon we battened down the hatches, stowed anything that could blow away and lifted the dinghy out of the water into the davits. The front was supposed to hit around midnight so we stayed up late watching video. Soon after we went to bed the first squall hit with lots of rain but not that much wind. It did however mark the beginning of the wind shift to the west where we have little protection.

We bounced around a little but were able to get some sleep until about 4am when the front itself hit us with more squalls and wind to about 25 knots. There was also another wind shift which pointed "Sapphire" to the North West while the waves continued from the West which makes for an uncomfortable roll-pitch combination that is hard to sleep through.

Our bouncing around lasted until about noon when the waves caught up with the wind and things calmed down. We lowered the dinghy and ran over to talk with "Fine Lion" and Night Hawk" and decided to head in to the Yacht Club for a beer and some food around 5pm.

We returned just at dusk and watched a amazing moon rise over Big Majors before watching an episode of NCIS.