Captains Log 02/27/07

Located in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco

Today we did a quick hop over to Green Turtle Cay. All the hops in the Abacos will be quick. We motored through the tricky shallow area and then sailed downwind to the outside of the harbor. Once again we were the lonely boat outside as we didn’t dare going in in fear of running aground. That evening we got a lightning show. The cold front that came through brought some vicious thunderstorms. They were all around. At one point the wind was blowing hard, over 30 knots but only for few minutes. Thank god I had dove in to dig the anchor. It held pretty good. With all the lightning we didn’t get much sleep that night. Me made up for it the next morning. But because of the cold front, and the fact that the water was calm we decided to traverse the dangerous whale cay passage. According to some cruisers you can get stuck for a month waiting to rage seas to subside before going through this channel. And that’s the only way to pass through and on to the rest of Abacos.