Staging

This morning we left Donny’s Marina in Green Turtle Cay to sail northwest in the northern Abacos. We are staging to leave the Bahamas. It was a lovely day for sailing and we covered areas we have never visited before. After a few hours we stopped at Spanish Cay to top off the fuel tank and fill five jerry cans with diesel. Then we sailed another five miles to anchor at Crab Cay. It is a beautiful and calm anchorage. 

We plan to sail another 60 miles tomorrow to Mangrove Cay and depart from there mid-day on Thursday for Brunswick, GA (or as far as we can get.) Our weather window isn’t ideal—too little wind for sailing until the last several hours when there is too much wind.) There isn’t another weather window in the foreseeable future so we are going to take this one. 

After anchoring at Crab Cay we have pulled the dinghy up onto the foredeck, partially deflated it, and lashed it to the deck. I have also swapped my warm weather clothes for cold weather clothes. 

Although I am ready to be home there is a part of me that feels sad about leaving the Bahamas. 

It was chilly this morning. We were both wore jackets with our shorts. We will be putting up the enclosure very soon. 

Four of the five jerry cans we filled at Spanish Cay Marina. The staff there was wonderful. 

The view from our anchorage, looking north.  You might be able to see a sailboat in the middle of the photo. It is sailing on the Sea of Abaco. To the north of the Sea of Abaco, beyond reefs and smaller cays, is the Atlantic Ocean.