George Town to Childrens Bay to Black Point

Shortly after Dawn and Ray left on the water taxi, George and I raised the anchor and left George Town. We sailed north on Exuma Sound to Childrens Bay. It was a brisk, downwind sail with just the main sail. The waves were on the aft quarter. Yesterday morning, after one night at Childrens Bay, we exited Adderly Cut and set out north on Exuma Sound again. We had talked about taking our new route around the tip of Great Exuma Island and sailing north on the shallower banks. That route was 10 miles longer so we chose Exuma Sound again. By the time we reached Galliot Cut the current was flowing out against the wind and the conditions were wild. George did a great job getting through it. We had originally planned to stop at Little Farmers Cay for a meal at Ocean Cabin. We had a wonderful steamed fish dinner there last year. But we have eaten out a lot over the past week and neither one of us wanted to go out again, so we bypassed Little Farmers and went straight to Black Point. The sailing conditions on the banks were much better than in Exuma Sound. We were able to unfurl the jib and sail at 7+ knots. We wished we had chosen to sail the more comfortable, longer route.  It would have been longer but faster and more enjoyable. 

After dropping the anchor at Black Point, eating a late lunch, and launching the dinghy, we went ashore to do laundry. Late afternoon seems to be the time to do laundry here. We were done in a record 1 1/2 hours and back on Breeze On just before sunset. 

Zipping along on the Great Bahama Bank


Woo hoo! (SOG stands for speed over ground)