24 10N 75 32W

Osprey
John Bowering
Wed 28 May 2008 21:37
We had a great day today even allowing for the fact we let Geoff go to bed last night at 2100. This meant that he was up and about and bouncing all over us at 0500 this morning. So - we gave him a packet of cornflakes and a carton of milk and ignored him for an hour. Once away from Rum Cay the wind was on our beam and we soon had the spinnaker flying and spent most of the day smoking along at 8 - 9 knots in 11 knots of wind. We even managed to keep the boat reasonably upright - which also keeps Anita in a good humour. We passed Conception Island in short order and the next 40 miles to Cat Islands seemed to go very quickly as well. Anita and Geoff were parked in the shade of the sails on the foredeck polishing the stainless steel - we have some great pictures. Geoff and the skipper handled the very large spinnaker without any undue difficulty and we managed to keep it flying until we were nearly at Cat Island. There is a resort and marina here but when we contacted them they only had 6 inches of water under our keel so we opted out and have come around the corner into a lovely bay south of Hawks Point. We were anchored by 1515 and have spent the last three hours sitting under the tent in the cockpit with nibbles and drinks. During our discussions we have come to the conclusion that the Bahamas in comparison to the Leeward and Windward Islands are not for us. There is nothing here apart from beaches that are generally exposed and believe it or not even Robinson Crusoe beaches wear thin after a while. There are no small communities with attractive little local restaurants, or historic sights of interest and most places are so shallow as to be a liability to visit. We will by pass it completely on the way south later this year and go straight to them Turks and Caicos and or the British Virgin Islands. The American Virgin Islands might be of interest but the entry regs there now make life very difficult for non US citizens. Thanks to Aunty Sylvia for her message - there is of course no doubt who is really in charge on this boat and the driver comes a very second best in that scale. Tomorrow we will have another early start and head for Littele San Salvador - which is now owned by Carnival Cruise Lines. Fortunately they only own above the high water mark so we will park there for the night anyway. Therafter we are pretty much out of stoppovers and will probably have to make a fairly long haul for Fort Lauderdale on the Atlantic side of the remaining Islands.

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