April 18th- We left Hatchett Bay for Meeks Patch sailing thru Current Cut on the ebb with spinnaker. It was enjoyable with just two boats in the anchorage. We enjoyed taking our Happy Hour to the beach sitting on the rocks watching the sunset and collecting a few shells.
April 19th we went through Devils Backbone with no pilot to Harbor Island. Ann was nervous being at the helm
but we had a GPS track from the last time we went through with a pilot and Never Bored led
the way with their catamaran having a 4 ft draft. We were successful; no hitting reefs. We left at 10AM so that we were traveling east bound through the backbone with the sun overhead. The trip took about 3 hours, the last hour was a beautiful sail between Harbor Island and Eleuthera Island to the anchorage off Harbor Island. This left plenty of time for the afternoon activities. We enjoyed the afternoon
walking around the town, walking the beach and going into the resorts which are beautiful.
In the Bahamas it is no problem to walk with beers in hand; the liquor store had a container of ice, a picnic
table and a vendor nearby sold conch fritters so we had a nice happy hour.
April 20th we traveled from Harbor Island to Lynyard Cay. We had a 6:30 am start; a nice morning till
we hit a narrow channel and 5 ft sand on the way out of the harbor. Fortunately, after putting the dinghy down to push the boat off, the current and the wind helped push us into deeper water and we were off in 20 min. Ann doesn't like
being called run-aground Annie but she wrote this not Ed. No damage done. As Ed was bringing in a nice mahi mahi for dinner in the afternoon, our rough start was remedied. The winds tapered off and the sail was beautiful as we entered Little Harbor Cut at 16:30 (that is 4:30PM for most of us) and anchored by 17:15. We shared dinner (catch of the day) with Never Bored. We had another great evening.
April 21 Snorkeling was the first order of the day. Sandy Cay coral gardens provided the perfect place.
We were out for several hours although it was a bit rough. We enjoyed seeing schools of fish and even
a manta ray along with brain coral and elkhorn coral.
April 22 We traveled from Lynard Cay to Tiloo Cay (all of 10 miles). We visited Lubbers Quarters and Cracker P's for
lunch; outdoors eating which was nice. They had a nice resort there also.
April 23 Left Tiloo Cay with some very shallow areas but a beautiful sail; very little use of the engine.
Stopped at Man O War Cay and saw some beautiful wood ship models. Another six miles followed by ten miles to Fisher Bay on Great Guana Cay. Happy Easter, today we shall enjoy drinks and food on the island.
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