Going through the Whale Cay

Yesterday we went back to Green Turtle Cay, to stay at the mooring ball for the night. Thunderstorms and squalls were forecast.

Today, Saturday, everything was on green to go through the Whale Cut and in to the Sea of Abaco. We dropped the mooring ball around 7.15 am and headed for the channel, leading to the sea. But there were several sailboats ahead of us. So even on the water, queuing is what it takes...

Several sailboats in the Green Turtle White Sound channel

The wind was moderate (10 - 13 kts) from ESE, just as needed for the passage. When we headed out for the open Atlantic Ocean, some swell gave us a bumpy start, then things smoothed out and we had a good crossing. Once we were arrived in the Sea of Abaco, we hoisted all sails and we made up to 6.5 kts over ground. Thats pretty good for the 13 kts of wind we had.

Sails up on Tranquilizer

Our buddy boat Windsong II sailing the Sea of Abaco

Our destination was Treasure Cay, where we were looking for a mooring ball. After toping up fuel and water at the fuel dock, we found plenty of available moorings in the field. Beatrice did a great job. She grabbed the ball the third time in a row at the first attempt!

We went to the arena office, the super market, the bakery and finally to the beach, where we suffered from the hard life on the islands...

Isn't this beach just one of the best in the world? And while this portion is having a restaurant and some infrastructure, the main portion of the beach is just untouched. We will carry the load and keep on suffering here for a while!