Treasure Cay to Great Guana Cay
We departed
Treasure Cay on a rising tide and had no difficulty in negotiating the
channel. We set our genoa as soon as we
reached deep water. There were still two
to three foot waves on the Sea of Abaco but they were hitting us at a 45 degree
angle as we sailed close hauled and tacked to Great Guana Cay. We decided not to put up the main as the
distance we had to travel was less than 10 miles as the seagull flies. The genoa was moving us along at 5 knots or
more. We hit 5.4 knots during one good
sustained gust of wind.
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| Hanging Out at Grabber's |
We took a mooring
in the Settlement Harbor. The moorings
were very close together and the wind was still blowing pretty strong even in
the harbor. The ball we had to grab was
between two boats already moored with very little room for maneuvering. As a result, Dwayne stayed on the wheel while
Carla attempted to grab the mooring lines.
Carla had a little difficulty in getting the mooring line secured to the
cleat and our bow bumped against the large concrete block serving as the
mooring anchor. It was a lower than average
tide and less than three feet of water covered the mooring anchors. This was the tightest mooring field we have
ever seen.
Frank and
Carol arrived later in the afternoon and took a slip in the Orchid Bay
Marina. It was a short dinghy ride to their
slip and we joined them in time for Happy Hour.
Grabbers was the site of a pot luck dinner. So, we walked to Grabbers which sits on
beautiful Guana Beach on the edge of Fisher’s Bay. About a dozen boats were moored or anchored
in the bay. Dinghies and a couple of
runabouts were beached on the shore. It
was Spring Break and several groups of college kids were making the most of the
beach and bar. We decided the hammocks
looked inviting. We hung out suspended
among palm trees until people began to gather for the pot luck.
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| Pot Luck Dinner at Grabber's |
We brought a coconut cake which we bought at the grocery on our way to Grabbers as our contribution to the pot luck. It paled in comparison to the other desserts which were home-made such as rum cake, banana bread, chocolate bundt cake and cookies. Someone brought a half gallon of Breyer’s vanilla ice cream which quickly disappeared. It is rare to find ice cream on a boat as the freezer is too small or can’t get cold enough to keep the ice cream solid. We enjoyed the fine food and socialized with other cruisers and local residents who organized the pot luck. Too bad we won’t be here for the next one.
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