We arrived and dropped anchor by 5 am in Cross Bay, just outside West End, Abacos, marina entrance. There were two other boats in this anchorage and we motored closer to shore in-between them.

The one boat turned his running lights on and hauled anchor. I didn’t think our anchor was holding, but when I backed down and it caught and then held as I increased speed. Then, the second boat also hauled anchor and headed towards the US coast.

This brings back memories of our first sail on Lady H to West End in 1995. We also anchored after dark, but with the moon light. Last night there was half a moon shining which lit up the ocean on one side of our boat. By the time we got to Freeport, the moon had set and it was dark.

I was so cold despite wearing two jackets and my inflatable life jackets, while at the helm. I put two extra blankets on the bed. I kept my clothes on and hopped into bed. My hands and feet were extremely cold. Mark came to bed and I fell asleep.

We were woken at 8:30 with an anchor alarm sounding. Mark turned off the alarm and checked everything before coming back to bed. I fell asleep, but Mark gave up and went back and worked on the route to Pt Canaveral instead. He said he was thinking about too many things to be able to sleep.

Mark did engine checks. Then he replaced the fuse that he added to the battery charge controller, after it failed yesterday.

Mark also worked on getting the spinnaker sail ready to hoist when we head to Pt Canaveral - if we head out today. It is time to return to Florida and home.

I made calls and then started lunch. The sun was shining and it was nice and warm. We ate at the cockpit table.

Then, I cleaned dishes and sent Mark to bed, as he didn’t get enough sleep. We both slept for half an hour before Mark’s phone rang. Mark got up and then couldn’t get back to sleep. So, it must be time to get going.

Our leaving time will be around 2pm. It should take about 24 hours to sail 155 miles to Pt Canaveral. Mark just checked weather and the wind is more Northeast and should switch back to the East tonight when we reach the Gulf Stream.