We sailed south to the Ragged Islands into Raccoon Cay where we stayed for a couple of days enjoying snorkeling, hikes and the company of our friends.
One set of friends are from last year and we've stayed in touch with them. They met up with two other boats in Marathon, Florida and crossed into the Bahamas and have sailed together since. We joined them in Georgetown, Bahamas as did the fourth boat. It's nice traveling with others, especially when they are familiar with the best spots. Last night we did a turkey dinner together.
Ed has yet to spear a lobster though not from lack of trying. Yesterday he missed a point blank shot and then the lobster retreated to deep into his hole. Today he speared a couple of small reef fish, yellowtail snappers. These were his first victims, he is going after larger game from now on.
1-28-08
We moved down to Hog Cay, about 12 miles by boat due to shoals but really only about 5 miles southeast of Raccoon. Friday we need to be in an anchorage giving north wind protection and so will move again either tomorrow or Friday. Winds could go to 30K early Saturday after clocking (that is clockwise wind shift) from east today, south and west on Friday.
Ed has caught four good size barracuda which we did not keep but we probably will keep the next one. They are good eating and the locals say there is no problem with ciguatera. They question are sanity for not keeping them!
A beautiful day, 80 degrees, 15K winds and perfectly clear. It's nice that the winds have calmed a bit or maybe we're getting some wind break from the cay. Sweet!
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