We said a silent goodbye to the chartered yacht in front of us. I was a little disappointed no one invited us over to play with all of their toys. I am also happy to be away from them because of all of their toys and their guests zipping around our boat on them. Usually, the mega yachts get further away from the normal anchorage but they had young kids on board so they may have opted for calmer waters.
We left Big Major at 6:45 to make our way around to Staniel Cay to go through the cut to the outside. The cut was not too bad but there was definitely a strong current there that wanted to let you know it was still in control if it wanted to be.
On the outside the sea state was a little rollie. There was a small squall that was passing by which was making the sea state and the wind unsettled.
Our passage would be pretty uneventful. We knew it was going to be a motoring day because the winds were expected to be flat. We set out across the ocean to reach Rock Sound.
Late morning the winds died as the small squalls passed us by. The dogs settled in and Bubba got his nap. I worked on various work issues in between helm changes with Bubba. The last hour seemed to take forever. When we finally arrived, I was ready to drop anchor!
When we arrived at the anchorage we were welcomed by a small shower and a rainbow.
The next day while Tracey and I worked, the boys got their bikes out and went for a ride. Later that evening we got off the boat and had dinner with the Potters at the Wild Orchid. The restaurant was an old Bahamian styled house. It has it’s own dinghy dock and water access. The food was not horrible but I had hoped for better service. Our shrimp fettucine was supposed to come with garlic toast but even after asking for it I never received it or even a follow up to say they were out. John had requested an additional ketchup and never received it. The flies were also really aggressive once our food arrived.
Remember that bad weather I told you we were expecting, well it finally arrived on Thursday. We made a quick run to the grocery store to pick up some provisions and got caught in the first squall that came over. Later that morning Dwight and Shelly came into the anchorage from Cape Eleuthera Marina and Scott and Amie on Mon Amie came in during the afternoon.
The wind picked up pretty strong at times during the afternoon, we saw gusts of 25 knots. Now we wait the storms out on our boats and pray that the anchors on the other boats around us do their jobs. So far so good!