By sunrise Easter Sunday, the winds had calmed down. The winds were predicted to remain low for the next 4 days before picking up again. So, we decided this will have to be our weather window to work our way back to southern Florida. We departed Treasure Cay and once again made our way around “The Whale.” Twenty two miles later we set the anchor off Manjack Cay. The popular anchor spot was not up to the Captain’s standards for wind protection so we did some recon on the dinghy and found a spot in the next bay over. Here we could drop the anchor 100 yards off a stone cliff which blocked the winds. Perfect.
Monday was our last “Bahamas vacation” day before our long hard push back to the States. We traveled a short 8 miles to Powell Cay. We spent the day enjoying a beautiful beach and swimming in the amazing Bahamian waters.
Tuesday the real journey began. The winds remained low, we set the autopilot and cruised all day long in clear, 10 foot deep water. We traveled 72 miles to Mangrove Cay, a small island off the north coast of Grand Bahama Island. After a short, restless night the captain pulled up the anchor by 7:00am. We set a waypoint for St Lucie Inlet near Stuart, Florida, 96 mile distant. We “crabbed” our way across the 1/2 mile deep Gulf Stream where we recorded one of our highest water temperatures of the trip. Crazy.
Bahamas ....everything we expected and more. So much more to explore. We’ll be back! ❤️😎
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| Another pretty day on the Sea of Abaco |
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| Manjack Cay sunset |
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| Powell Cay local |
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| Mangrove Cay - last night in Bahamian waters. |
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