Crossing to Bahamas - Day Three

We had one more day of travel to get to the outer islands of the Abacos, our destination. A check of the weather forecast wasn't great, but ok.  The winds were going to pick up later in the day.  It wouldn't be as bumpy as our crossing, for sure, but with our buddy boat we decided that the best plan of attack would be an early morning start to try and beat the wind.  So in the moonlight, with a slight glow in the eastern sky, we weighed anchor and putted out of our anchorage under a full moon.





As forecasted, the morning was calm and the afternoon a little lumpy, but not bad at all.  We were taking the waves on the bow, which our boat loves, and while the wind was building the ride was quite tolerable.  If anything, a little boring.


Our early start made for a long day of travel nonetheless.  The last of three long days of travel.  We arrived at Green Turtle Cay late in the afternoon, tied up, and headed to the bar for a happy hour celebratory beer and a bite to eat.

Two salty dogs

We'll spend the next week or so here, visiting our favourite watering holes, beach combing and resting.  Next, we'll "cross the whale" (more on that later) and head to all the cays South of us.  We haven't traveled down there much so it will be new ground to explore.