Captains Log 04/07/07

Located in Galliot Cay Exuma

Today was a great day of traveling like a true gentlemen. I am beginning to uynderstand the concepts of Bruce Van Sant’s book. The wind was out of the NW and started 15-20 but soon dropped to 10-15. We took the opportunity to make our way all the way through exuma cays and to the last point where we can make an exit into exuma sound, Galliot cut. It proved to be a good decision as we sailed most of the way. Crystal steered during the exciting morning leg of 20knots of wind, and the autopilot did the rest in the afternoon. Entering Galliot Cay from the banks was tricky. We had to slow down in order to get there after low tide. But the chopped had died down and even though I anticipated touching the bottom, we actually made it through only reading 7s and 8s for minute or so. Galliot cut was magnificent. We anchored in a 15 feed of clear water and bottom covered in conch. So even though we are not supposed to take them, I took a larger one just to try the salad. It turned out to be great. We spent the night there and the next morning we were ready to head to exuma sound and to Georgetown.