Thursday the 7th Chubs to the Berrys
We left for Nassau at 10AM when the winds (as predicted) went South and moderated…. However, the seas had not moderated at all. We were angling into 6 to 6 ½ footers out of Chubs, so we decided to go where the wind allowed – which was to make a left to look for calmer water somewhere up the Berry Islands rather than beat all the way to Nassau. I knew about a nice anchorage at Bonds Cay, I had been here before so we agreed that would be our best option – that’s where we parked our Seawinds for the evening. As we came in the cut he sun came out.. the waters went crystal clear over pure white sand and the waves went to nothing. It was a blessing to get out of the leftover chop.. everyone was smiling. After dropping the hook we explored the distant beaches by dinghy. The scenery was great as we took separate directions from our beach landing point mid for the 2 hour beachcombing walk. Jono and I enjoyed the low tide finds, and it gave Mike and Laurie some Bahamas alone time.
Mike and Laurie saw sea turtles, big star fish and even a fleet of 7’ sharks swimming by as they rode in the dinghy heading back from the beach. Jono and I came back earlier than Jumanji’s two, Jono decided to do some fishing since we didn’t catch anything on the highly anticipated Chubs exit. Chubs is sport fishing paradise and we had some pretty nice baits out but we didn’t do any good trolling, however….. we cooked up 3 nice fish Jono caught at anchor, it was enough meat for all four of us. I’m not sure what kind of fish they were but man they were good, fine little scales and with flaky white meat, each one over 2 feet long…. Nicely done Jono. We brought them over to Jumanji right out of the pan and ate them while the batter was still sizzling.
Bonds is a great anchorage, lots of baby blue water, totally protected from the SE swell that was banging us on before we bailed out on the run to Nassau. Winds outside – during our beating had died to 6 knots but the leftover seas were a true burden. Hopefully they will have moderated in the morning to match the windspeed of the day. Our plan is to sneak out at daylight and make another run for Nassau 32 miles away. Going where the wind took us today was a great choice, we would not have found and experienced this fine day without the wavy persuasions of the morning.
It’s absolutely flat here in the anchorage tonight, very little wind of any kind – it’s like the boats are floating in the air…. It’s a magical place. I see Jono back there fishing again…. I think he’s having a large time. He caught our dinner on a small yellow white perch jig.
Sea Yawl Later !! Rusty