18 28N 64 32W

Osprey
John Bowering
Sat 21 Feb 2009 11:48
20th February - set off from Great Harbour on Jost Van Dyke at 0800 heading for White beach on Guana Island only about 12 miles away. The Trade Winds are still pretty strong here with gusts in the high 20 knots - seas running at a steady 10 - 15 ft as a result. We were pretty much head to wind so we motored all the way and two hours later arrived at this very pretty bay. Only three other yachts there which was a surprise but we soon found the reason. The holding ground was very poor and although we twice anchored in different location and with over 100 of chain our we were still dragging the anchor in a ground swell and strong wind gusts. After the second attempt we decided that even if we could get decent holding, we would be concerned to stay the night, so we up anchored again and headed east through Guana Passage with no clear destination in mind. We passed the airport on Beef Island then stumbled onto Marina Cay which is very close inside a reef and has moorings on the leeward side. The A team of course picked up the buoy first time around and we were snug on the mooring by 1500. As the sun was setting we went for a cruise around the small harbour in the dinghy, paid for our mooring and decided we would eat at the small restaurant ashore - another branch of Pusser's. The meal was excellent and we sat watching the world go by until quite late before heading back to the dinghy and Osprey. Fortunately Osprey's anchor light which is a very white and LED is easy to pick out in the anchorage - most other boats have standard filament bulbs which have a very yellow tint in comparison. This is a safe but rolly anchorage, however the food and wine meant we didn't notice it that much once in our berths.

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