We left the Sea of Abaco and headed back around "The Whale" it was calm, calm. We sailed back to Green Turtle Cae into White Sound and anchored out for the night. The Bluff House Marina has a Thursday special. You can stay in the marina for free, if you eat and drink your dockage. So on Thursday just before Easter, we headed into the dock. Good thing too because the weather was going to close in. This was an excellent decision, it poured cats and dogs, but we had a wonderful dinner! Along with this deal you could stay for free for the Easter Weekend! We had access to the Internet and checked the weather. Bingo, we had a weather window to sail back to the USA. Keep in mind you can sail all the way through or break it up. It depends on that window and the sea state of the gulf stream. It takes about 30 hours or give or take 3 days of travelling. There were a few more islands that we wanted to see on our way home, we left Easter Sunday with high tide from the marina.
The wind was just perfect and we were clipping along at a good speed. We decided to head to Great Sail Cae and spend the night. We passed all the islands that we wanted to stop at but what the heck, leave something to see for next year! I counted about 24 boats in this bay, everyone was heading home! We had a "Sundowner" on "Tango" our Buddy Boat and watched the sun go down.
The wind was dying out and we had to motor sail and at times just take the sails down and motor. The second night we slept out in the wide open ocean on the "Little Bahama Banks" in 6 feet of water. We rolled around as we had the swell from the ocean. It was a weird feeling but a sight to see. We retired early and was up at 3 am. Time to do the last stretch. We arrived in Ft. Pierce inlet Tuesday at 2:30 pm.
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| Morning and the sky's are clearing! |
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| Calm, calm |
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| Flat as far as you can see.....no land, but just the sea and sky! |
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| Sun Set on the Little Bahama Bank |
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