Heading for Long Island March 10
06 March 2010 | Underway on the Great Bahama Bank, Bahamas
Roland
Heading for Long Island March 10
Saturday, March 06, 2010 - 10 AM Underway on the Great Bahama Bank, Bahamas Water temperature 73 F
Yesterday we did the laundry, bought provisions (ouch!), checked our Yahoo e-mail, called home on Skipe, stowed the dinghy and got the boat ready to go sailing. This morning we pulled anchor at Sand Dollar, raised the main with one reef, unrolled the jenny and headed out. The wind is blowing from 12 K to 20 K and we are on a reach with our boat speed varying from 5 K to 6.5 K!!!!, depending on the wind speed. The boat is rolling around some and going out the cut was a bit rough but all in all it's a fine sailing day. It will almost be an anchor up to anchor down sail and you can't ask for more that that.
We enjoyed our time in George Town but it feels good to finally be underway and heading out. Not sure where "Out" is, we'll figure that out as we go. For the next few days we'll be in Thompson Bay, Long Island.