Once again, it has been a while since I updated the blog. WIFI and reliable 3G connections were hard to come by during the past week.
We left Black Point last weekend to find shelter from the cold front coming in on Tuesday. There were supposed to be some strong easterlies and then clocking around to the south and then the west. So we needed someplace where we could find an anchorage with coverage from those directions and Warderick Wells seemed like a good possibility. The western anchorage was good for the easterlies and the northern mooring field protected us from the rest. The winds from the east really picked up Monday and Tuesday and even in the northern mooring field, the wind was really ripping in the low 20's with gusts at 30+ knots. From the mooring I could watch the island to the east and see where the waves had hit the east shore of the island. The island is about 50 feet high in that spot. The waves would strike the shore and shoot upwards 50 feet above the top of the island! It wasn't a great day to be out in the sound.
But life in the shelter of the mooring field went on and we got together with about 20 other sailors for a pot luck dinner on the beach. Very nice!
Once the winds calmed a bit on Wednesday, we made a our way north to Highbourne Cay to anchor for the night. Along the way, a little friend sailed with us for a brief time as you can see from the photo. He/she raced in when we were close to one of the inlets and headed directly for our bow wave.
We spent the night at Highbourne at anchor on the western side. It was a bit choppy with wind out of the SW, but it was tolerable for one night. It was nice to relax and watch the sunset once again. The sunsets and sunrises have been colorful most days during this trip. Usually I get great cell coverage since we anchor only a quarter mile from the BTC tower. But the service was completely out at Highbourne. So no phone, and no 3G coverage.
Tomorrow we are heading further north to Rose Island to find shelter in the West Bottom Harbour to find protection from the very strong northerlies coming Thursday and Friday.