Clocking Winds

We have been at Thompson Bay over a week. We are getting a bit itchy to move and had hoped to be able to visit Hog Cay or Conception Island from here. However, the frequently clocking winds have led us to stay put. Every other day a frontal trough comes through and moves the wind from the south, to the southwest, then west, etc. Thompson Bay is the most protected anchorage in the area for all wind directions except the southwest. We have decided to stay here until the wind becomes more settled. The good news is that we haven’t had very strong wind for a week. 

Today we took another walk to the beach and went past the Salt Pond that I presume gave the settlement of Salt Pond its name. This afternoon we pulled the dinghy out of the water to prepare for a potentially choppy anchorage tomorrow. 

Salt Pond with the Atlantic Ocean beyond on the horizon. 


Salt Pond