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Dolphins AND a Rainbow

This morning, as we were leaving the Buenavista Cay anchorage, we were joined by two dolphins. They played briefly at our bow then swam off. Next, we saw a rainbow. What more could we ask for?
We had good wind for a very fast sail, 7-8 knots on a beam reach. I was a bit nervous about crossing 20 miles between the Nurse Cay Channel and the Man of War Channel. We have had a steady 20 knots of wind from the east over the last few days, allowing for large waves to build up in the open water and hit us on the beam as we crossed the channels. The waves were indeed large but Breeze On was riding them well. To balance out the dolphins and rainbow we went through a few squalls while crossing the channels. We weren't concerned about getting wet (we were happy to have the salt washed off the boat) but we were concerned about the wind increasing during the squall. They wind did not increase much, though, so we didn't have to drop the sails.
Once we turned to the northeast at Flamingo Cay we were sailing too much into the wind to keep the jib filled, so we rolled the jib, turned on the motor, and motor sailed with the main. We also started crashing into the waves. Our once clean boat was now salty again.
We are now anchored at Water Cay in the Jumentos. It was slightly rolly when we arrived and seems to be getting more rolly as time passes. Sigh.

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