How well do you know your boat?
Want a test of how well you know your boat? Try to operate it in the dark.
Yesterday we departed Abraham’s Bay and had a nice, calm afternoon sail over to Southeast Point where Van Sant recommends staging for the passage to the Turks and Caicos. It was pleasant to not have to rush to arrive somewhere so we enjoyed ghosting along at 2-3 knots in the warm, afternoon sunshine. It was just about uneventful except for the fact that had we not taken evasive action, we would have ran into this! Any guesses as to what it is?
We left Mayaguana this morning at 00:01 AM (it’s bad luck to leave on a Friday) but unlike our recent travels, this time we were in the company of several other boats. It was cool keeping radio contact with Sea Yawl Later, Happy Times and Tsamaya as we crossed the wide expanse of water. Trying to preserve our night vision, it was a fun test for us to be able to raise anchor, get our sails up and operate the boat with minimal light. Although the winds were almost on the nose, we were able to motor sail at about 4.5-5 knots, making the entrance to the Sandbore Channel at approximately 8:30 AM. From there it was a straight shot to the anchorage at Sapodilla Bay with only shallow water and a few coral heads to keep us on our toes.
Anchor down at 10:30, we dinghied into shore with our new friends, attempting to clear customs. Being a Saturday though, I guess they left early. Oh well… we did find a store that sold cold beer so the trip wasn’t a total loss. Next stop? Dominican Republic!
Ever wonder how we get internet? Here we are sitting on the step of the government buildings in Abraham’s Bay, poaching their wi-fi.
“We left Mayaguana this morning at 00:01 AM (it’s bad luck to leave on a Friday) ”
It’s Bad Luck to be superstitious.
😉
Was that a log or a telephone pole?
Nope.
I hope thats not a submerged container van. Please let us know what it is……
Not that either.
I don’t know what that lump is and I don’t want to get close enough to find out. I do know that it will do nasty, expensive things to rudders and propellers, and possibly even to hull bottoms. This is why I’ll be putting bow, midship and stern watertight bulkheads in all three hulls of the new trimaran!
Speaking of stuff that makes boats sink, we’re almost (but not quite) free of ice now… and I have heard reports of unloaded boat trailers being spotted at the ramp. Frankly, I think it’s still hovercraft/airboat weather and not quite time for anything “normal”, but to each his own…
We almost went back to get a second look. We wisely dismissed that idea.
I have been tagging along since you have started, I am really starting to enjoy you blog……your doing a great job and I am really interested in your travels.
have fun and be carefull, and keep up the good work on the blog
your living the dream
Hi John. Thanks for the positive comments. We’ll do our best to keep having (safe) fun. 🙂
Nice Mahi………Did you know Rebeccca did not have a shirt on…….
Thanks. And no, I think she did have a shirt on. She is just so well tanned that it is hard to see it.
A guess would be that the big black thing was a basking shark. They dont do much except float just at the surfase, much like that.
That was a great fish. I hope you got enough butter and garlic. Yummm.
Steve
Hi Steve
I “think” it was a humpback whale.
Are you ever going to tell us what that was in the water ?
Oh, I thought I did. It was a whale. 🙂