We were up early and got underway from Mangoes Marina at 0630 enroute to Great Sale Cay. The first concern of the day was the conditions at Whale Cay (see Jan 28 post for more info). The Whale had been rough for the last week or so, however things had been calming down over the last 24 hours. As luck would have it, there was no "rage on the bar" (only a slight swell) so we made the passage around "the Whale" with no problem.
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| A calm passage at the Whale |
We had planned on stopping for a night somewhere between Marsh Harbour and Great Sale Cay, however as the weather was perfect and we were making such good time, we decided to push on and try to make Great Sale in one day.
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| Smooth sailing with Val and Frank |
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| A beautiful day on the "Banks" |
We continued to make great time and dropped anchor in the Great Sale lagoon at 1830, exactly 12 hours from departing Marsh Harbour.
I used my pressure cooker to whip up one of my famous pot roasts for dinner with all the trimmings (taters, carrots, etc) and had planned on making soup with the leftovers to eat during our overnight trip across the Gulf Stream, however there wasn't much left of the leftovers. Luckily Rey (the dockmaster at Mangoes Marina) had given us a whole broasted chicken as a going away present, so I took the leftovers from that bird (which we had made sandwiches from during the day) and added it to the leftovers in the pot, then placed it in the fridge for cooking tomorrow. We had celebratory drink to toast our good run for the day and were tucked in for the night by 0930.
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| The happy crew after a good day's run. |
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