Little Harbour to Lynyard Cay
We woke in
time for the Abaco Cruisers’ Net which is broadcast at 0815 each morning. It is a primary source for a weather report
and information of interest to cruisers in the Abacos. We could hear the weather report loud and
clear but missed most of the announcements from stations further north than
Hope Town. We were very pleased to hear
the forecast was for relatively mild sea conditions for those heading south to
Eleuthera or the Exumas.
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| Cave - Little Harbour |
The Little Harbour Cut was passible for the past two days and should be so tomorrow. We will leave Little Harbour with the rising tide late this afternoon and anchor off Lynyard Cay so we can make a dawn departure at first light tomorrow through the Little Harbour Cut. Ocean swells dropped from their high of 12 feet yesterday with an expectation they would be around 4 feet at our departure. Winds are forecast to be light and variable. We need to cover nearly 60 miles to reach our anchorage at Royal Island which is about 5 miles short of Spanish Wells.
We launched
the dinghy shortly after breakfast and headed over to explore the cave the
Johnston’s lived in prior to building their house. It was near low tide, so we had to tilt the
outboard motor all the way up and use our oars to cover the last few yards to
the beach. We carried our shoes as we
waded ashore. The caves were carved out
of carbonite which looks much like volcanic rock with its pock-marked, sharp
surface. The cave is deep enough to
provide good protection from the wind and rain; however, it is not a place you
could comfortably live unless you did not mind an extremely irregular, hard,
rocky surface for a floor. We took
several pictures and departed after spending about 30 minutes exploring the
cave.
We caught
sight of three sea turtles in the harbor on our return ride to Foreign Affair. They would poke up their heads for air and a
look around; however, they were quick to disappear as soon as you attempted to
take a picture.
We ate lunch
and then Carla took a nap while Dwayne worked on the blog. At 2 PM we slipped off the mooring and headed
out to anchor off Lynyard Cay for the evening.
More than a dozen boats were anchored off Lynyard Cay when we arrived at
about 4 PM. Frank and Carol went ashore
to walk their dog, Molly, at the beach.
We stayed aboard as we had already moved the outboard motor to its mount
inside the cockpit and didn’t want to put it back on our dinghy. We spent our time reading and listening to
music.
Frank and
Carol joined us at about 6 PM for sundowners, cheese and crackers. This became our supper. We reviewed our route for Eleuthera and plan
for departure. We had to travel 60 miles
to reach the Royal Island anchorage.
Winds were forecast to be light and variable. If we averaged 5 knots, we would need all
twelve hours of daylight to complete the crossing before dark. Sunrise was at 0710. We agreed to weigh anchor at 0645 - BMNT
(Beginning Morning Nautical Twilight) as by then there would be enough light to
raise our anchors and follow our track to the first waypoint for the Little
Harbour Cut.
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