Wet End to Great Sale Cay
We finally
got a decent weather window and departed the Old Bahama Bay Marina and
Resort. It was a bit breezy and getting
out of our slips required assistance.
Claus and two neighboring boaters came over to see us off. It took three
people each securing cleated lines to windward to keep us centered in the slip
as we backed out. Our bow blew off as soon as the bow line was released and we
ended up backing down the entire fairway and out into the turning basin before
we were able to get the bow back into the wind. The first challenge of the day
is behind us.
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| Hakuna Matata anchored off Great Sale Cay |
Foreign Affair led out with Hakuna Matata close behind. The waves outside the channel were short
period 4 footers and hitting us head on.
There was a lot of clattering going on below deck as some items had not
been properly stowed as we did not expect it to be as rough as it was and
learned a lesson from it. Always expect
the worst. Fortunately, we only had to
endure the pounding for about a half hour before entering Indian Cut.
The further
we got into Indian Cut, the calmer the seas and the shallower the water. We made our transit at high tide and took
great care to stay on track going from waypoint to waypoint. The water is gin clear and confusing to read
to the uneducated eye. The sandy bottom always looks either too shallow or deep
enough and you seem to always be guessing wrong. It took about an hour to
finally get through the cut and past the Barracuda Shoal and enter deep water.
We started calling anything over 8 feet “deep water”. Eventually, we started
getting used to this fact and were more relaxed by the end of the day.
We passed
close by Mangrove Cay. It is not a big
island but would offer some protection as an anchorage. We continued on to Great Sale Cay since we
had sufficient daylight to do so. We arrived there at 1630 which was great as
we like to be at anchor in time to relax, watch the sun go down and make sure
we have a good anchor set. There were
several other boats in the anchorage. Some were heading to West End or
Florida. Others, like us, were heading
south through the Abacos. It was a great
day to be on our way. We are looking
forward to tomorrow.
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