Sunday, April 26, 2009

Water is skinny in the Bahamas for us...


We left Allan’s Cay the next morning (after all how may iguanas do you need to see?) and were heading for either Sampson or Staniel Cay for the night. Well, on the way we read the cruising guide and found that low tide in both places is 6 feet and our draft is 6’ 4”. CRUD!

I suggested that we might just want to skip through Conch Cut and cruise on the Atlantic side of the Exumas down to George Town overnight. We did just that and to our amazement the Atlantic side was much calmer that the western side and we sailed (no motor, YEAH!) though the night.

We stand 2 hour watches when there are only two of us in two hour shifts. The off-duty person sleeps in the cockpit to be close at hand in case of emergency.

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