We spent a couple of days in Highborne, resting up and getting Seahawk back into Island configuration. Did a bit of beach walking and topped up on fruit, fuel and water. Weather was nice, but the SW breeze brought rollers into the anchorage which made it a bit uncomfortable, so we pushed south to Shroud.
Shroud was no change, a bit bumpy, but not as bad as highborne. We hummed and hawed a bit and decided to hit Hawksbill the next day. Heading south, we approached and with winds increasing from S-SW thought it might be a bit rolly. Around noon the decision was made for us when Waderick informed us a North Field mooring had come available (advantages of being members of BNT). With a big front forecasted for the weekend our decision was lets hold up there, so by 1500 we were nicely tied up in the north field.
Waderick is a great place, no matter how many times you stop here. Downside is that we cant take Maggie on the trails, but other than that great place to explore both on land and in the water. We have seen a great selection of fish the first few days here. Big hit was this 4' Ray which jumped out of the water about 4-5' three times. Amazing! We also saw one of the ugliest fishes ever, a "Sharksucker". This grey 4' fish looks like it swims upside down, and has a flat head that has an imprint that looks like someone stomped on its head with size 11 combat boot.
So we had a few days of touristy stuff, drinks with friends on SV Tribute and then hunkered down for Sat night/Sunday front. Got a fair bit of rain Sat night and then 30+kt winds for most of Sat night till about 0800 Sunday. Winds finally settled and clocked to North and should return to normal pattern by Tue/Wed.
Thats about it for now, will do another update from Stanial, after we spend a couple of days at Sampson. Hopefully will add some pics soon as well.
Fair Winds!