Thursday 2/27 we were up at 3:00am and in open water at 4:00am for a 84 mile crossing to West End Grand Bahama.
Bye Ft. Lauderdale and U.S.A.!
The winds died down Tuesday and we where hoping the waves would have as well, but the waves in the Gulf Stream were still out of north and a still a little rough. I tried to work down in the office and that was a mistake. I didn't last 1/2 hour before I decided I better move my laptop to the salon but by then, it was too late.... Thank goodness I felt better around 10 and the rest of the ride was great!
The color of the water is unbelievable! This picture doesn't do it justice.
We came into Old Bahama Bay Marina in West End. It was a nice marina and convenient place to check into the Bahamas and rest before the next leg of the trip.
After I got off work on Friday 2/28 we headed out for a 54 mile ride to Great Sale Cay. We Anchored for the night. It was the darkest and quietist anchorage we have ever stayed in. There was no wind, so there wasn't any wave noise either!
We departed Great Sale Cay at 7:30 the next morning and arrived at Manjack Cay Anchorage at 3:30. We had another great night at anchor. The forecast was for the winds to pick up for a few days, but that wasn't supposed to happen until Sunday. The plan was to stay one more night then head to Green Turtle Key to ride out the wind.
What a sunrise!
While we were out scouting out the area in the dingy the winds started to pick up....it was only 12:30! We headed back for the boat and checked the forecast and found they just made a update and the winds were going to get pretty stiff earlier than planned. We decided we better pull anchor and head into a marina.
We got a dock at Bluff House Beach Marina and Resort. A very nice place with a pool, bar and restaurant. Not a bad place to hang out for a few days and wait for the wind to subside.
Monday 3/3 there were a lot of boats trying to look for a place to ride out the wind. A boat got stuck trying to find somewhere to anchor in the harbor and had to wait for the tide to come back in before he could be pulled off the bank.
Tuesday morning we woke to a sailboat who had the misfortune to landed on that same bank....again they had to wait for the tide to come back up before they could pull him off.
Wednesday we rented a golf cart. An 8 hour rental for $50! What a deal! The wind had calmed for the day and we took advantage of it! That was our fun day....stopped at the shops, picked up some home made coconut bread and milk. We also had lunch at McIntosh's, a really cute restaurant in town. We shared Grouper Fingers, fries and homemade coleslaw. The meal was great! The coleslaw had pineapple in it!
Ride into town.
Town - New Plymouth
Jail
The Atlantic side of the island.
We spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing at Coco Beach playing with the stingrays.
Wednesday night and Thursday the winds were crazy. We did walk over to the Thirsty Turtle to check it out Thursday. It was "the calm" side of the island that day!
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