We got up early to sail to Cape Eleuthera We headed out Bell’s Cut as we had nearly done on our way to Obrien’s. There were some rain clouds around us and a rainbow as we raised the sails.
We had a lovely beam reach sail in about 15 knot winds with relatively calm seas.
After a while, we set up the fishing. Our pink lure had a little fraying above the hook from our last barracuda but we thought it would be fine. As soon as I left the cockpit to use the restroom down below I heard “fish, fish!” I rushed up to help David with the routine of turning upwind a bit, starting the motor and pulling in the genoa, then motoring slowly up wind while David reeled in the fish. Unfortunately, the line broke shortly after we started reeling. The break was just above the hook.
We put on another lure and started back fishing. We were poorly prepared to catch a fish as the net was down below and would be difficult to extricate. David wanted to bring it up and have it ready. He did not seem to follow my logic that having the net ready would make us less likely to catch a fish. He felt the two were not related. We readied the net and did not get any other bites.
We made good time toward our destination. The entrance to the marina was wide, the channel marked with buoys and we got in easily. Our friends from Alboe had prepared us well for docking here. We needed a bow line, a stern line and a forward spring line as the finger pier was short. I passed the lines to Jermaine and David stopped the boat beautifully. We placed bumpers around the pilings, adjusted some stern lines around some rear pilings and we were set.
We docked next to a fishing boat and met Ty, the mate on the boat. He was super nice. He and the captain live on the boat and care for it and the owner comes fairly frequently. He is due to come later in the week. Ty feels like the mahi are really coming in. This is a great fishing area as the deep drop off is right off shore and the boats do not have to venture far to catch fish.
The boat had an underwater light and we could see nurse sharks beneath it.
Once we had the boat straight, we headed for a shower. We then made our way to the marina restaurant for dinner. At dusk, the mosquitos began their feeding and we hunkered down in the boat. Early to sleep.