We decided on Winyah Bay for our next stop. Southport would be an overnight and we were keeping our options open on that but it would be a downwind sail and that was not always pleasant. We left the harbor in the morning. Two large container ships were passing one another in the channel as
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April 14-15,2026 We left St. Simon’s at sunrise to sail to Charleston. The wind was predicted to be light in the early morning and then pick up a little. We left at dawn. It was so calm and beautiful when we reached the ocean. We motored comfortably in the calm clear water for several hours.
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April 1-2, 2026 It was April fool’s day. We estimated a 19 hour trip and wanted to get to the inlet on the other side at first light. David had already secured things for an ocean passage. We hoisted Fat Tuesday and strapped her down. We secured the cabin. After we felt prepared, we decided
Happy Birthday David! We listened to weather again and decided to make a move. The motoring window next week seemed to be getting more narrow and then it looked like bad weather for a good while. The weather in the Bahamas also looked a little limiting for snorkeling, extensive dinghy exploration and paddle boarding, so
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Our goal was to get around Whale Cay as a boat of our draft has to go this way to travel north in the Abacos. There is a shallow bar blocking passage on the inside. We had to go out Great Guana cut, traverse a channel along Whale Cay and re enter at Whale Cay
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We had to cross the Northeast Providence Channel to get from north Eleuthera to the Abacos. Last year it was a terrible passage where we were rolling in the waves on a downwind sail. It was before we had a preventer and everything was flapping and swinging and when we took the sails down, we
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Current Cut tends to weigh on the mind in the days leading up to its passage. It is a cut between the northern tip of Eleuthera and Current Island. It i deep and fairly straight but has a strong current that can get up to 4.5-5 knots. When a boat motors at 6 knots, this
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We were ready to leave Cape Eleuthera although we really enjoyed our time and the boaters we met there. The rains were gone and the wind, though still brisk, seemed better and was predicted to drop through the day and have more easterly component for sailing north along the island of Eleuthera. We parted with
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.
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We had raised Fat Tuesday after we returned from dinner last night. We left George Town slightly before dawn and headed up to Conch Cut. There was not much traffic. A little shower came by as we exited, giving us a lovely rainbow. Once outside, we raised our sails. We had a steady wind, 16-20,
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