Taking advantage of the winds moving more northeasterly, we hauled anchor soon after 7 am, passing through Little Egg Cut and northwards. It was a gorgeous day and Juno sailed close hauled between 5-7 knots in NNE winds of 10-15 knots all the way north to Little Harbor Cut in Abaco - a total of 55 miles for the day. Two boats ‘Colonel’s Lady’ and ‘Pelican Express’ made the passage with us, overtaking us just before Little Harbor Cut Abaco. We noted much sargasso weed floating and it kept Harry busy during our passage as the weeds kept fouling his fishing lure. Books were read, lunch was made and just before entering the Little Harbor Cut around 5:00 pm, we both saw a Mahi on the surface of the ocean, chase after the fishing lure. We both got really excited and were counting our chickens before they were hatched as sadly for us, the Mahi grabbed the lure, but released it before getting hooked. Upon our entrance to Little Harbor Cut we had some swells opposing the tide which made it quite rolly for a short while entering onto the bank, but once inside the cut, all was calm in the shallow waters of the Sea of Abaco. In the process of running the engine to anchor off Lynyard Cay, Harry noticed a problem with our alternator. More on that tomorrow.
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| Eight hours or weed watch |
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It is hard to miss weed patches like this one.
Though they are supposed to be good places for fishing. |
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