Across the Banks to Nassau

Sunset on the Banks. Anchored in 15 ft of water 30 miles from land.

We awoke early the next day & another long day got us into a nice sheltered spot at Chubb Cay where we hooked up again with Surfer Girl. We had planned to go to the marina at Chubb to clear into the country but found out they charge $100 at the marina just to stop & clear in so we decided to anchor out & wait until Nassau. Thursday was forecast for increasing winds all day so we decided to head out before daybreak to get into Nassau before it got too rough in the “Tongue of the Ocean”, the 2000 ft deep area between Chubb Cay and the next segment of the bank. We had one of our best sails of the trip averaging over 6 kts and covered the 35 mile to Nassau in record time. Meggie had left earlier & radioed us to keep a look-out for flying fish as they saw a bunch of them and even had one land in their cockpit. Possibly because we were later leaving we didn’t encounter very many but Danielle and I each saw one. We both had the same reaction which was shared by Mike & Kylie. ‘‘They actually fly!”. We, like they, had always pictured fish that just jump a long way out of the water but these things have wings, almost as long as their bodies, that buzz like a hummingbird & they fly for a long time, traveling up to 750 meters according to our resident expert on all things aquatic, Steve.

Here we are tucked in at Nassau with Bill on Surfer Girl, our sister boat. Next to Surfer Girl is Mike & Kylie on Meggie & we’ve all spent a couple of days together chilling out in Nassau & resting up after a long, but pretty eventful week.

Mike on Meggie, next to Surfer Girl and us.

Steve on the one of the local fishing boats helping crack conch shells with the owner of te stall where we stopped for Conch salad, Conch fritters and cold Kaliks.