Finally underway again...

Finally cut the cord again!! We left Hope town this morning.

The wind forecast was lively at 15 –18kt but from the NE it would be fine at Great Guana Cay. We left a little after 8am to catch what was left of High Tie to get out. The trip was fairly flat motor sailing past Man-O-War cay but when we went from Man-o-war to Scotland cay the wind piped up to the mid 20s and really heeled us over. I tried to sail into it and shorten he jib but too much pressure. Was not pretty for awhile and all the loose stuff went flying.. Me bad-- I know better but several days in protected harbor makes you lazy.

I finally took all way off from the engine and just with a Genny out was doing 6.2 kts but flatter. Once in the lee of Scotland cay everything was back under control.

We had a little trouble rolling the genoa up but got it under control and the anchor stuck on the first try which is great for this area. There were just a couple of boats here and not crowded at all. Later about 5 more boats came in and anchored. One was Celtic Cross. Now they had trouble getting the hook to stick – a Danforth. The bottom here is grass and hard sand which is difficult. Once Ian had the hook down he came over and discussed the anchoring difficulty. I told him not t feel bad because this is a tough place to anchor. Once it took me 7 tries to get an anchor – a CQR – to stick.

While were talking the captain of Carolina Breeze – Larry – came over and invited us to cocktails. Can’t pass that up so we went over to their CSY which is immaculate and we visited with him and his wife Cathy, Rick from Sojourner, and Jerry and terry from Free Spirit.

A great evening and great conversation. It’s what cruising is all about.

Sorry for the late post but the cocktails needed work tonight.

Tomorrow we will walk the beach here and hang out at Nipper awhile and meet the visitors that are now aboard Celtic Cross with Ian and Sharon.