Today's weather was favorable for the 50 mile hop North to the Abacos – ENE winds (5-10) and mostly sunny skies with the slight chance for a Thunderstorm – we were up and off by 6:45am, knowing it’d be a long day.
The passage was rollicking – the boat was very happy with a nice breeze a little forward of the beam and with relatively mild seas (perhaps 1-2 feet) – we averaged about 7 knots, and made well over 8 for the last hour or so as we rode the flood tide into the Abacos. We did have to dodge a few freighters and a cruise ship as we crossed one of the major shipping channels into and out of the Bahamas. We also spent about 45 minutes in some very confused (and higher – perhaps 4-5 foot) seas that we think were caused by the tidal bore as the banks switched from ebb to flood. All in all, it was an exhilarating passage.
We happened to arrive on the Abacos bank close to high tide – this enabled us to go into Little Harbor, a very snug anchorage (My Weigh, drawing 5 feet, can only make it in here at half-tide or better). We treated ourselves to dinner at Pete’s Pub, a well-known, on the beach open air Pub and Restaurant that has been in Little Harbor since the 80’s.
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Royal Harbor at 6:45am
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Dinnertime – Sue had Wahoo
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| I had Yellowfin tuna – it was a lot of food – we took doggy bags home |
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