Thursday, April 20,2006
Left West End at 11:15am. Needed to wait for rising tide to clear the shallow passage of Indian Cay and Woods Cay Channel. Uneventful passage due to intense tide calculations by Tom the day before. We are enjoying the uneventful times a lot. Motor-sailed into Great Sale Cay at 8:50 pm doing our 1st night anchoring. Many boats in the anchorage but things went as normal. When Tom shone the flashlight into the water to follow the anchor rode out, a seahorse rose to the light. Life’s pleasures can still amaze you even after dark. (trip -47.5 nm) Wind picked up in the wee hours of the morning, leading Tom to finish sleeping in the cockpit with the cooking timer set every 15 minutes to keep check on the anchor.
Friday, April 21, 2006
Up at dawn to listen to weather report and prepare to head out from Great Sale to ????
Smooth motor-sailing until some squall activity kicked up about ¾ into the trip, quite abit of wind but no rain or thunderstorms. Weather dictated that we needed to pull into Powell Cay as we were running out of daylight and only hoped we could get enough protection from the wind there. We did 2 hour watch shifts (along with the timer to wake you if you dozed off ). Great Stars and anchor held. (trip - 49 nm)
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Left Powell Cay at 10:15 am sailing to Manjack Cay. Powell Cay looked like a fabulous place for exploration and snorkeling. We do plan on returning to Powell under different wind conditions. Anchor set at Manjack/Crab Cay about 1 pm. Felt good to be back to daytime anchoring. Anxious to explore and a pleasant surprise of free internet access. (trip - 11.3 nm)
Sunday, April 23, 2006
AWESOME DAY!! Dinghied ashore and met Leslie and Bill who own 30 acres of Manjack Cay. Visiting friends of theirs, Colleen and Bill, shared stories. Colleen painted palm frawns of signs to the north side beach and funny faces. Anyone was welcome to paint. Leslie gave us a tour of the grounds as she has done some amazing gardening (fruits, veges, flowers, trees, etc). They just finished the tiki bar on the beach, complete with swings for seats. Leslie and Bill are modern day homesteaders, who have carved out a wonderful piece of heaven. We walked through their gardens to the north side of the island to an uninhabited pristine beach on the Atlantic Ocean protected by an outer reef. Upon returning, jumped in the dinghy for a tour up the canals behind their property, seeing many starfish, turtles, conchs and rays. A truly awesome day!
Left West End at 11:15am. Needed to wait for rising tide to clear the shallow passage of Indian Cay and Woods Cay Channel. Uneventful passage due to intense tide calculations by Tom the day before. We are enjoying the uneventful times a lot. Motor-sailed into Great Sale Cay at 8:50 pm doing our 1st night anchoring. Many boats in the anchorage but things went as normal. When Tom shone the flashlight into the water to follow the anchor rode out, a seahorse rose to the light. Life’s pleasures can still amaze you even after dark. (trip -47.5 nm) Wind picked up in the wee hours of the morning, leading Tom to finish sleeping in the cockpit with the cooking timer set every 15 minutes to keep check on the anchor.
Friday, April 21, 2006
Up at dawn to listen to weather report and prepare to head out from Great Sale to ????
Smooth motor-sailing until some squall activity kicked up about ¾ into the trip, quite abit of wind but no rain or thunderstorms. Weather dictated that we needed to pull into Powell Cay as we were running out of daylight and only hoped we could get enough protection from the wind there. We did 2 hour watch shifts (along with the timer to wake you if you dozed off ). Great Stars and anchor held. (trip - 49 nm)
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Left Powell Cay at 10:15 am sailing to Manjack Cay. Powell Cay looked like a fabulous place for exploration and snorkeling. We do plan on returning to Powell under different wind conditions. Anchor set at Manjack/Crab Cay about 1 pm. Felt good to be back to daytime anchoring. Anxious to explore and a pleasant surprise of free internet access. (trip - 11.3 nm)
Sunday, April 23, 2006
AWESOME DAY!! Dinghied ashore and met Leslie and Bill who own 30 acres of Manjack Cay. Visiting friends of theirs, Colleen and Bill, shared stories. Colleen painted palm frawns of signs to the north side beach and funny faces. Anyone was welcome to paint. Leslie gave us a tour of the grounds as she has done some amazing gardening (fruits, veges, flowers, trees, etc). They just finished the tiki bar on the beach, complete with swings for seats. Leslie and Bill are modern day homesteaders, who have carved out a wonderful piece of heaven. We walked through their gardens to the north side of the island to an uninhabited pristine beach on the Atlantic Ocean protected by an outer reef. Upon returning, jumped in the dinghy for a tour up the canals behind their property, seeing many starfish, turtles, conchs and rays. A truly awesome day!
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