Captain's Log 05/04/07

Located in Calabash, Long Island

Yes there's long island, Bahamas. We got there today. It was a calm motoring ride across the exuma sound to Long Island's Calabash Bay. We are here with our traveling buddy boats. Some of which will go with us all the way south and some will head back north after Rum Cay.
Anyway, it was time to leave Georgetown and the weather window opened up. There is still an uncertainty as to what the weather will be like in the next 5 days. That is a very bad thing around here. These islands do NOT have an all around weather protection. So if the squall comes you could end up beached up if you don't get out of the death traps or your anchors don't hold. Weather is the most important thing in the islands of SE Bahamas. So we left the protection of Exumas and Georgetown knowing this. And we are here in Calabash. And the funny thing is, against all the predictions from all the weather models and all the experts, the wind turned out of the west and brought some rolly seas in the anchorage. Pinned us right against the sandy beach. But nobody predicted it. At least it was just the day thing. At night the night lee took over, and it was very nice and calm. Tomorrow we are heading on further on our thorny path.

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