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| Put our 'bigger' headsail up for the up coming trip |
The Plan is not going to plan. The weather window we had
hoped would take us up to North Carolina is plagued with a huge area of no wind
and while we don’t object to motoring for a while, the idea of motoring the
majority of the trip is not something that appeals. As always plans are made in
sand at low tide and ours have been washed away. But that is ok; we have come up with a new
one. While we could wait it out in the Bahamas for the wind to fill in long
enough to take us as far as we want to go, we are ready to leave now and feel
we might get more sailing options once we get Stateside to
keep travelling northwards. So we will
take this wind that picks up tomorrow and lower our latitude so that it will
take us into North Florida instead of North Carolina before it dies all
together. Then when we do get periods of wind we can do one or two night hops
up the coast on the outside (oceanside) rather than motoring the entire way up
the ICW like we did last year. But as always we are at the mercy of the weather
and will have to see how this plan unfolds.
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| Our new dinghy cover and Sims work of art! |
In the mean time Sim has been working on his dinghy cover –
it’s almost complete, just a little tweaking to get it to fit snugly. It’s been
a work in progress but he has slowly chipped away at it. I am hugely impressed and a little shame faced to say I have had nothing to do with it! In readiness for our up coming sail we have changed the
headsail over from the smaller higher cut one that’s good for windward trips
and put up the big ‘Mofo' – the polite word for the big genoa which is better for
downwind passages. Since Sim and I have changed sails very rarely over the last 11 years it must mean we mean business! We have checked off items on our pre-departure list to make
sure whatever trip we end up doing we have prepared for it the best we can.
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| Sim enjoying a swim at Powell Cay |
Meanwhile Sim and I have thoroughly enjoyed our last few days
at Powell Cay in the Bahamas; an uninhabited island in the northern Abacos with not much going on except
long sandy beaches and a couple of trails across the overgrown island to yet
more sandy beaches .Its peaceful and quiet. We have kayaked and
swam and walked on the sandy shores....the last we will see the likes of for a
while. And while we love hanging out in
company we have really enjoyed this time on our own. But knowing our friends
were in the area we arranged to get together one last time for a blow out BBQ
on the beach. We managed to dodge the
rain squalls and the water spouts to start a fire and enjoyed good food and good
company one last time together.
An old wreck in the middle of Powell Bay
One of the trails takes you to a lookout above a rocky outcrop
The water is so clear
We kayaked around the north side of the island to our own private beach
although we almost had every beach to ourselves it was so quiet.
Wandering Star in Powell Cay waiting for the wind to fill in.
The trails were a little overgrown from lack of use.
But the beaches on the other side of the island were gorgeous
Its hard work walking in the soft sand.
We followed the flotsam and jetsam marking the trails back to the otherside
Sim finds a friend
A ray lurking on the bottom while we are out in our kayaks
Happy days - me and my pink kayak
Another windless day
Dorothy, Shirley and myself at our beach BBQ
John, Duncan and Sim and two very toasted cheese sarnies!
Good friends
You can't have a BBQ without toasted marshmallows
Moving from the beach into the sea....talking heads!
Its the season for waterspouts ;-(
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