24 April 2009 | Marsh Harbour, Abaco
Mike
April 19th... Lynyard Cay to Marsh Harbour, Abacos
We had our normal weather and coffee fixes and then wasted some time until about 8:30 am. It was blowing from the SW at about 18K but since our trip of 20 miles was a northward zig-zag, it wasn't going to be a problem.
We hoisted the mizzen while we were at anchor, but kept the main in the sail cover. With all our sail up we would have been way too sideways for Kathy to keep her weaving stuff on the seat. We rolled out the staysail as we got under way and made 5.5 K as we passed a large opening to the Ocean which had some good rollers. After a down wind leg between two sandbars for a couple of miles we rolled out the Jib and doused the staysail...running at 6.5 on a beam reach with the weaving crap still on the seat.
Our course was dictated by shallow water and shoals but we did a good job of sailing all the way to the harbor entrance. I did resort to the engine once when I came up 50 yards short at Sugar Loaf Cay.... it was just too much up wind for us to make without the main.
We arrived in Marsh Harbour and anchored with a fleet of about 25 boats, half of whom we've seen before. There wasn't much to do on shore on Sunday afternoon so I changed the oil and accomplished a couple of other jobs that were on my mental to-do list.
For dinner we had bad hamburgers from the freezer and green beans. It was undoubtedly the worst meal we've had in months. We bought some frozen patties in Georgetown and will not make that mistake again.