In Black Point
AJAYA'S CRUISE
Phil & Nikki Hoskins
Sun 20 Feb 2011 16:45
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In position 24:06.09N, 76:24.10W
We escaped Georgetown to take a 45 mile trip north to Black
Point on Great Guana Cay so that we are positioned to meet up with our incoming
friends from the UK next Wednesday. Having suffered a week or more of
constant NE-ENE winds from 15 to 20 knots anchored in Elizabeth Harbour we were
running short of time to get up the coast without taking a hammering out in
the Sound and the next window was Monday which we were uncomfortable with, as
that forecast had changed over the previous days, so we made the leap yesterday
with winds of 15-18 knots on the beam all the way to Farmers Cut which, with
impeccable timing, we entered the Banks side on the flood and continued up to
Black Point without the rocking and rolling from the short seas in the Sound. We
trailed three fishing lines but caught nothing which was a disappointment as we
hoped to get some fish in the freezer for the coming week.
The night before we left Georgetown the weather turned foul
with which made the wedding on Honeymoon Beach off which we were anchored into a
soggy affair, the ceremony being conducted by one of the cruisers we met up with
the day before who own a Prout 45. The weather also put paid to what was billed
to be the worlds largest (but probably the only) dinghy disco, the plan being to
form a large raft of dinghies around a moored motoryacht, with cocktails being
passed off the back platform as the raft of dinghies slowly circulated around
the host boat all shining lights into the air with go-go dancers, pole
dancers etc performing on the decks. Enough said! As we left Georgetown the
latest count was at 320 cruising boats all within a one mile sector of the
harbour so needless to say the facilities in town were stretched to the limits
with wifi virtually impossible to access.
The radio net the morning before we left mentioned that
tempers had become very frayed at the Texas Hold'em Poker tournament with
shouting and swearing at the sign-in due to too many wishing to participate for
the number of spaces on the tables! God are we glad to be free of G/Town for a
while!
Black Point is a haven of tranquillity and we are looking
forward to the coming week, revisiting the Exuma Park and some of the nice
places that have given us a lot of pleasure in the past weeks. It will be fun to
share those experiences with our guests. But we have to return to Georgetown
afterwards as our spare part has still to arrive. Hope the place has calmed down
by then!
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