Back to George Town

We left Long Island this morning to sail back to George Town. It was windy and we had squalls but we left anyway. We didn't want to take a chance of waiting too long again and having too little wind to sail. We raised the main sail and saw a double rainbow as we were leaving the harbor. For a while the rainbow was so close it was as if Breeze On was the pot of gold. The squalls continued for a few hours and then the skies cleared and we had very pleasant sailing. The seas picked up as we left the shallow Great Bahama Bank and entered Exuma Sound. As we neared Elizabeth Harbour the seas were 4' on our beam and very unpleasant, causing the boat to rock from side to side and making it difficult to control. It wasn't until we were well inside the harbor that they finally calmed down. There appear to be quite a few more boats in George Town than when we left 10 days ago. Not surprising. George Town usually gets very busy this time of year. We anchored quite close to where we were
before and plan to spend just one night. Then we will go about 25 miles north and check out an anchorage at Lee Stocking Island.