Nassau Blows
23 January 2008
1/23/08 position 24 32.384'N: 76 47.866'W
Well it was a few days from hell!! We are not big fans of Nassau anyway, but the last few days really sucked. We dragged our anchor every time the tide changed. . The wind was 25-30 knots out of the NNE mixed with off and on rain! When the tide switched, we would be broadside to the waves, (2-3' standing wave, wind opposing current), coming down the channel, which made us roll side to side. Not any fun at all!!!!!!!!
We reset over and over, we even tried a stern anchor, and it dragged. The tide change was naturally in the middle of the night, so anchor watches every night, all night. And we were literally 50 feet out of the channel. So large, not huge, freighters and tugboats would come by within 20 feet, wave at us, and smile.
Now finally the weather changed and we headed for Shroud Cay, the winds were light and on the nose, so it was a motor run all day. But that gave us a chance to make enough water to fill all the tanks, while under way! All the while, decompressing from the stress of bad weather and big city hustle and bustle, and watching the water get clearer and clearer.
Shroud is beautiful, shallow with, deep sand bottom, and very quiet! Shroud is the northern boundary of the Exuma Land and Sea Park. SO no fishing or hunting but lots of beaching and exploring. The interior is all mangroves laced with creeks, while the east side is Atlantic beaches with reefs, so all is VERY WELL!!!!!!!!!!