23 38N 74 51W

Osprey
John Bowering
Tue 27 May 2008 23:10
The night tucked in behind the reef at the south of Long Island turned out to be uneventful even with 25 knot winds. The skipper stayed up most of the night to keep an eye on things but the Bruce Anchor did a great job. John had only just gone to sleep when Geoff got up at 0530, bright as a lark and dead keen to get on the move. We were underway by 0630, as soon as there was enough light to see the reef and we headed out into the North Atlantic again.Once around the south of the island out course for Rum Cay gave us a beat to windward for the first time since 2007 and we were also heading into fairly large seas. Although these eased up quit quickly we had a fairly seasick crew for the rest of the morning. Nevertheless we made good time under sail until after lunch when we started the engine to motor sail in a reducing wind. We were offshore Rum Cay for 1400 only to find that the channel to the marina had silted up so we are again at anchor in the bay which is only sheltered from the north and east. The anchor is well beaded in so we should be OK for the night provided the current wind directions continues as forecast. We are now reaching the northern end of the Bahamas and could make Fort Lauderdale in 48 hours with a good wind and 24 hour sailing however the crew are not keen on that idea. So - we will be heading to Cat Island in the morning and then anchoring off the south corner before proceeding up the eastern side of the island. We will then turn north back into the Atlantic and head for the North East Providence channel. There are few stopping places on this letter part of the route as we will be on the exposed shore. It will then be into the Northeast Providence Channel and into the Florida Straits. We will see how our timing is working out before deciding where to stop in Eleuthera and Grand Bahama.

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