Suddenly in a hurry

After so many days spent waiting out heavy winds, first in the Berry Islands and then in Allans Cay, we suddenly found ourselves in a hurry to reach George Town, at the southern tip of The Exumas, to receive our daughters for their spring break. It’s been so windy!

We split the remaining distance in four legs with two nights and a full day to spend on each stop. The first three legs were on the shallow or Bank side of the islands, while the last one was on the ocean or Sound side. The sailing was magnificent, with the GPS registering up to 13.8 knots. The only minor incident was that our Bahamas courtesy flag decided to part ways and flew away (if you’re going to buy a flag, ask me which brand not to buy). Our attempt to retrieve it was a complete failure. That led to the sobering realization that we are ill-prepared to do a crew overboard recovery, let alone a single-handed one, particularly when sailing with the monster sail, also known as the screecher. As a consequence, the captain has issued an executive order, effective immediately, to ban the crew from falling overboard, regardless of their country of origin. Violators will be denied re-entry.

In Shroud Cay we made a rowing expedition through mangroves to the ocean side of the island. In Cambridge Cay we went snorkeling to a nearby reef. And in Little Farmer’s Cay we found no veggies to replenish our dwindling stock. Maybe we should have chosen Big Farmer’s Cay.

Shroud Cay

Cambridge Cay

Little Farmer’s Cay

Let’s see… out of the 365 Islands in The Exumas, we’ve explored seven. We intend to do the Exumas northbound more slowly to check out a few more.