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| A beautiful sun rose four hours after we left the anchorage in Biscayne Bay, Florida on Saturday morning. Crossing waves from a leftover north wind and a new light east breeze made for a lumpy ride. We did mostly motor to keep us moving at least 5 knots. If we had sailed, we would still be making the journey since winds were light and blowing right on our bow. The front did come through today as predicted with very strong winds from the north and east which closes the weather window to cross the Gulf Stream and the Great Bahama Banks. |
Jay had some time to record our trip although it is a bit out of focus. He says this is what happens when he gets up too early in the morning! You can get the idea with his video that the panoramic view shows all water 360 degrees around - no shore, no boats -just us on the Gulf Stream. The engine worked well since we were really being a powerboat. But I got a promotion in rank!!
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| About Sat. noon you could tell we had arrived on the Great Bahama Bank by the color of the water. Temperature of the water cooled back down to 82 degrees instead of 91 degrees in the 45 mile wide Gulf Stream. Many cruisers crossed as we did leaving from every Florida inlet on Sat. morning. Nassau was a busy place this morning as cruisers began showing up from whatever route they had taken. |
Another of Jay's videos shows the "lumpy" seas as we motored east. The old saying "one hand for the boat" was very true to be sure you kept yourself in place.
Early Sunday morning the breeze stopped and the water flattened so it was easy to follow the dolphins as they played and swam along with us as we motored on. It is tough to actually catch them with a camera but Jay did.
We hoisted the yellow quarantine flag to the spreader when we got on the Great Bahama Banks.
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| Nasssau was having a boat "traffic" jam when we arrived earlier than expected on Sunday morning. Six cruise ships were lined up to be docked with the pilots help inside the harbor. Then we got permission to enter and we found a marina slip at Nassau Harbor Club. The Customs agent came to each marina and met with each "foreign" boat to check their boat papers and documentation. |
