Little Harbour

After spending 3 days in Hope Town, it is time to move on.  We are heading to Lanyard Cae. There is a lot of way points to hit and ensure that you do not run aground.  There are a couple of routes to follow depending on what your draft is.  We draw 5 feet 4 inches, so we make sure that we have the tide with us.  Everyday we listen to the weather and ensure that we get local knowledge of all the exits to the Atlantic Ocean.  The Ocean has been rough, we must pass through one of these exits between the islands in order to reach Lanyard Cae.  We had a great sail with the winds from the east 15 to 20 knots. The Island Bar Cut was rough and we did move a few things around downstairs. Lanyard Cae is a huge Island but there is not much on it. Trees and sand.  It is however a great place to anchor when you want to get away from it all. Nicely protected from the winds and the swell.  We explored the beaches and gathered up driftwood for an evening fire and a sing song with Chris playing his guitar.  Sorry did not take any pictures.

There is still one more place to visit while you are in the Abacos, Little Harbor.  This is the furthest south you can sail to.  The Atlantic was quite rough and we could see Little Harbor in the distance, our plan, go by dinghy!  Well we set you with another couple from Sharpies Dream and off we went with Life Jackets On.  It was a long ride!  We held on and did the 4 foot swell across the last opening to the Atlantic before heading to Eleuthra.  There is quite a large sea out there.  We made it and we weren't that wet! but we are watching the sky!  Thunderstorms are coming, but we have time still.  Trick is get back to your boat before the sky's open up!

Proof we made it to the South!

The Bronze Foundry

Bronze Turtle

Bronze Ray

 The Foundry here was open when we came, so we got to see the Artists hard at work. They were in many different stages of making statues.  From making the molds to finishing up to the final product.  One piece was for sale for $120,000.00.  There were busts of famous Bahamanian's, dolphins, star fish, etc.

Time for Lunch!

The full fledged Atlantic Ocean!