Sunday (I know it’s Sunday because we have to be in phone range on Monday so Linda can talk to Erin, they have an appointment) If all goes well SYL will be in Nassau this evening by 6:45. Currently we are motoring directly into the prevailing SE wind, thankfully it’s 10 knots or less so it’s only a bit choppy. I can hold 5.5 to 5.9 knots at 3/4 throttle. Any faster and all it does is burn gas and hit the oncoming waves harder. I can go 6.5+ easily, but with an arrival time well before dark, no need to burn the gas or push any harder.
According to the charts I’m in 800 ft. of water, by 4PM i’ll be in waters over 2000′ deep. I have the big fishing rod out trolling but this water is probably too deep to expect any fish to bite, but you never know….. Generally 90 to 110′ is the best fishing depth. I found the lures I was looking for at Target in Key Largo of all places. I have heard anything with pink feathers works well and I found them at Target. Billy Baits Bomber is also a good one, I got a few at West Marine, the fellow that told me about them in 2010 likes blue, so I got a couple in that color as well as the pink I like.
Today (Sunday) as we leave the banks and cross to Nasssau conditions are not as choppy and confused as they were during the gulf stream crossing Friday night, but almost as high. Generally waves are probably less than 2 ft. It’s hard to describe the “purple” color the water gets when its abyssmal and the sun is bright trying it’s best to penetrate the deepness of it. Without sand or a bottom to refelect off of, to make the water baby blue… it’s like a concentrated baby blue… I know that doesn’t make sense… like I said it’s hard to describe.
I took a bit of a nap earlier after the all nighter Friday night (Key Largo to Bimini) and a couple good naps on Saturday, I think I’m a little behind on my sleep. Linda took over from 9PM to 11:30 Sunday when we stopped for the night. Linda is down in the bed right now (Mid morning Sunday). She does best below decks when it’s choppy like this. We have been pushing pretty hard to make it to Nassau.
We didn’t leave Bimini until noon Saturday, so we sailed late. With nothing to hit or run over, it was easy to drift along trusting radar and visual sighting during the night run. It’s about 8 hours from the NW channel light to Nassau and we had stopped just before midnight leaving only a couple hours of the banks to cross this morning. Today will be a full day getting to Nassau. I figured it up, on a day like today we will probably burn $60 dollars worth of gas. At least I hope gas isn’t over $6.00 a gallon in the Bahamas
We arrive at Nassau with daylight to spare. Rusty wants to anchor out, I prefer taking a slip because there is so much debris in the harbor. Rusty found a nice spot and we anchored for the night.
Sea Yawl Later!!