We’re anchored here. Nice spot, sheltered from the NE winds that came today with a weak cold front.
We got to Georgetown Saturday, and decided to head over here Sunday after picking up water and stores there. We reached the tip of the island around dusk and anchored in a mangrove channel last night. I’ll post some of Laura’s pictures soon.
We’ll spend tomorrow here, then head up the island and on to Eleuthera. The tentative plan is to head up through the Abacos after that.
It really is beautiful here.
Andrew flew out of Staniel Cay this morning. It was lovely having him join us. We had some gorgeous weather and scenery, and a great swim in Thunderball Grotto. Andrew and I were a bit apprehensive, but got in. Last night we enjoyed happy hour rum punch and conch fritters at Staniel Cay Yacht Club.
The remaining three continue down the chain. Tonight we’re anchored here, and tomorrow we’ll be in Georgetown.
From there the tentative plan is to head for Cat Cay and Eleuthera. Playing it by ear and watching the weather.
Laura caught a fish today and cooked it for dinner with fried potatoes, cole slaw, and corn bread. We’re eating well. Freezer is still full, and all systems are working.
The only real incident since my last update is that we lost David’s propane grill off the stern when rolling a bit entering an inlet. There were none to be had in Staniel Cay, but maybe we’ll find one in Georgetown.
We met up with Andrew yesterday without a hitch and got down here before sunset. Interesting spot. Today we took Escapade around the island and into a big lagoon. The water colours are spectacular in places.
Tomorrow we move a bit further down the chain.
Noteworthy was witnessing a SpaceX rocket ascending overhead last night.
We crossed over from Morgan’s Bluff today, and are now anchored here.
Tomorrow is a reprovisioning day. Andrew arrives Monday and we then head south to the Exuma chain of islands.
It was nice stopping for a few days. David and I fixed a few things on the boat, and we had a night barbecue on the beach with other Canadian cruisers. They’re thick around here.
A selection from Laura
As planned, we came in here yesterday. Lovely spot, well protected from the current SE breeze. There’s a small bar on shore serving cold beer, conch fritters and barracuda steaks. We’re going to stay put for a while. The mail boat arrives tomorrow night, which causes a bit of bustle. Andrew arrives in Nassau early next week, so we’ll head there on the weekend.
My finger is healing well, I think. Internet via Starlink is working well. I dropped my phone in the water last night after taking the picture below, but fortunately it backed it up before swimming. We retrieved it this morning.
Lots of pics coming soon!
We’re anchored here near the top of the Andros Island chain. Today we left Gun Cay and came straight across the bank, anchored after dark and had a delicious barbecue chicken dinner. The moon is out, there are few lights in sight, and the windows are all open. Life is good.
The water is very clear here, and we’ve been in depths of 10-15 ft all day. You can watch the bottom go by. Tomorrow we go to the Tongue of the Ocean where it drops off to very deep water, then back in through the barrier reef to Morgan’s Bluff.
We came down here from Bimini yesterday ahead of a front that blew through last night. I had been here in 1986 on Obsession. There’s a harbour on the north end that’s full of rays that have been fed for years by visitors. They approach looking for food.
Laura is taking lots of pictures, and I’ll post some when we get it together. In the meantime mine are below.
Tomorrow we’ll head east across the bank. Weather looks good to stop for the night midway, then we’ll continue on to either Andros or New Providence.
All is good on board except that I jammed a finger in the windlass last night and mangled the tip. I won’t post pics. It’ll heal up OK we all think. No major pain or discomfort.
We’re anchored here in Bimini. Gateway to the Bahamas.
We were a bit concerned about the crossing. It’s been blowing from the north for a few days, and waves had been high. But as forecast the wind dropped off and we had a smooth trip across from Fort Lauderdale, about 6.5 hours at 9 knots boat speed.
Yesterday we toured Lauderdale. I wanted to see if we could get through the Dania Cutoff Canal to New River. We made it, but not without some work and minor trauma getting under the lowest bridge. We had to remove spokes from the steering wheel and the knobs from the shifters!
It was fun.
Tomorrow we head east across the Bahama Bank.
All is good aboard. We packed up the boat on Saturday with a month’s worth of supplies and headed out. Will be in Ft Lauderdale tomorrow, then heading for Bimini Thursday, it looks like. Need decent weather to get across the Gulf Stream. I have a shopping list of parts and stuff to pick up in Lauderdale.
Stuff is put away now. We’re making use of the storage capabilities.
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