Saturday, January 7, 2012

Under Way

Under Way

At first, I thought that we were going to have a less comfortable
crossing of the Gulf Stream than I anticipated. The seas were as choppy
as usual but at around 6 feet and the wind was from the NNE at 20 knots.
This anyway only lasted for 4 hours, after which we had to hoist the
Yanmar sail and motor all the way up to North Rock which we reached at
6:00 a.m.
We then motored, or motor sailed to NW channel that we passed at 16:00,
then on to Clifton Pier to enter the bank at around midnight.
My plan was to continue up to Samson Cay and top up the fuel tank. But
there was no fuel there and we went to Staniel cay and refuelled at
14:00. Having still 3 hours of daylight, we continued to Little Farmer
Cay and anchored there in front of the south west beach. This was the
first time that I tried the new anchor riding sail but there was not
enough wind for this test to be conclusive. Anyway, as it was, it worked
beautifully and Papy Jovial never made a move towards the anchor.
Once anchored, we had a nice dinner of Mahi Mahi and penne pasta, cooked
by Karen. After dinner, I played on the TV the documentary made by
Jacques Yves Cousteau in 1985, titled "Waters of sorrow", knowing that
there will be even more causes for sorrow in the Haiti that we will find
in less than a week.

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