Tuesday turned out to be an absolutely perfect sailing day. A constant 15 to 20 knot breeze out of the South/Southwest with crystal blue skies and tourquoise water -- now that is what we signed up for !!! We sailed for about 6 hours before we had to anchor out for the nigh in the middle of the Bank. They say not to sail the Bank at night because it is so shallow with many reefs. You really need to see where you are going.
We had made it to Mackie Shoal which is about half way to Chub Cay. We were sailing with Barefoot and we contacted a couple of other boats on the VHF radio who were sailing the same route. We decided we would all anchor together in the same basic area . So with no land in sight and the sun setting we set anchor for the night. It is very strange to be able to anchor in less than 20 feet of water and not have any land in sight!
These are the other boats with anchored with
We woke early Wednesday morning to find the Bank flat as a pancake and sort of foggy. It was a day for motoring. We arrived at Chub Cay and decided to anchor out again before heading on to Nassau. We did not plan on stopping at Nassau but Kinja needs new batteries and Nassau is the last place for some time that we would be able to get them.
Barefoot off our port side as we motored to Chub Cay
Our night anchored at Chub Cay was the roughest night we have ever had. The winds picked up to 25-30 knots with very confused seas all around. We were very worried about our anchor dragging so we took turns on watch. The boat pitched and rolled all night so neither of us really got any sleep at all.
As soon as the sun came up we decided to get out of there and sail to Nassau. So we set sail in very rough conditions with 20-25 knot winds and seas of 4-6 feet. Fortunately the waves were coming from behind us. It was rough, but a pretty fun sail!
Five hours later we arrived in Nassau.
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