Started out at about 8:30am from Flying Fish Marina in Clarence
Town this morning with fairly good (15 kt) ESE winds. Wind dropped to about 10 knots so we motor
sailed the 70 miles from there up to the northern tip of Long Island. Motored around Santa Maria point and about 3
miles down the west side of Long Island to Calabash Bay. This is a very remote area - like much of
what we have seen for the last 3 days. Tomorrow, we will head to Georgetown on
Great Exuma. The plan is to get fuel
there and anchor out, waiting for a cold front to pass through. The west side of Long Island is the eastern
side of the Grand Bahama Bank, where, for a hundred miles, the water is only a
few feet deep. We are anchored in a
completely white sand bottom area and the almost full moon is shining off the
bottom making the water glow. It's
amazing. The downside of this anchorage is that it is a
bit rocky from the surge. The water is
very smooth but big swells come around the top of the island and find their way
into the anchorage.
Georgetown is very crouided I did not care for all the activity Good place to provision as I recall
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