This morning we woke up to an anchorage that was even calmer than yesterday. We raised the anchor after breakfast and motored 25 miles north to Calabash Bay, at the northern end of Long Island. Calabash is beautiful but notorious for being rolly much of the time. Since it is at the end of the island, waves (swell) can wrap around and come into the anchorage. It has been rolly off and on but we are going to tough it out for one night and continue north to Cat Island tomorrow.
Thompson Bay this morning. Quite a change from a few days ago. Several boats came in yesterday but you can see that there is plenty of room.
Motoring to Calabash Bay.
Partially uprooted casuarina tree.
This is what the tree would normally look like.
Waves breaking off the beach made launching the dinghy a little challenging.
This afternoon we dinghied to shore to take a walk on the beach. We had a brief chat with Matt and Marty from Runaway on the beach, finished our walk, then returned to the dinghy. The waves that were causing the anchorage to be rolly were breaking on the shore. George and I were doing well getting the dinghy back into the water until one large wave broke over the bow of the dinghy and all over George, who was pulling the dinghy at the bow. No problem, George just changed clothes once he returned to Breeze On and rinsed out his salty clothes. That is one reason we wear quick-drying clothes in the Bahamas.
Thompson Bay this morning. Quite a change from a few days ago. Several boats came in yesterday but you can see that there is plenty of room.
Motoring to Calabash Bay.
Partially uprooted casuarina tree.
This is what the tree would normally look like.
Waves breaking off the beach made launching the dinghy a little challenging.
Yep, that looks a bit rough.
ReplyDeleteWe were grateful we didn’t get dumped out of the dinghy!
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