A small step

Today, Saturday we left Guana Cay early so we could go through the Whale Passage at a slack tide. We reasoned if we did that there would be the least likelihood of issues with current and tide running against the wind.  So we left our mooring at just about sunrise and motored to the passage.

Whale Cay.

The Whale passage is notorious for rages caused when large swells come in from the north with heavy winds and then run against the current. In all the Bahama passages rages occur when the tide runs against the wind but the Whale can be especially treacherous. However, this morning it was easily negotiable.

After we made the passage out the cut and back into the Sea of Abaco it was still early so we took advantage of the little wind there was and sailed. For the most part the wind was behind us but about halfway there the wind came up to the beam and we shot out and made our intended stop jut after noon.

We took a slip at Spanish Cay Marina, one of the last places (or first places depending which way you're going) in the Abacos for support before heading out across the Bahama Bank and then into the ocean.

A pleasant place. 2 Nurse Sharks patrol the depths for fish thrown from the many fishing boats the visit the marina and clean their catch. This little fella was beneath Linda's lounge chair at the pool.

Tomorrow we go to Grand Cay. The last inhabited Cay in the Abacos on the way north and west. After than St Augustine.