We disconnected the power cords - eliminating the only luxury on Rosie’s dock - air conditioning. We set sail for another days’ adventure on the high seas. Winds calm, sun shining, perfect temperature - actually, a bit on the cool side under the new & insulated hard top. Haven’t a clue where we’d like to go; Strangers? Carters? Fox Town? Decided on Carter’s where there is an abandoned missile tracking station. We traveled south of Double Breasted then Wayne got that 'adventure thing' going again. Instead we headed north between Rhoda Rocks and Strangers Cay Rocks. Now we were traveling E SE between Strangers Cay and the barrier reef. Time to cut bait or fish mates! I hooked a few pain in the ass
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| Yellowtail for dinner |
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20; another beautiful day. Following the charts, Wayne exited Carter’s anchorage straight into the shallows and we went aground - fortunately for us it was just sand. Happy no one was around as it is sooooo embarrassing. The water is so clear that a depth of 10’ looks like you’re in 3’ of water. Wayne took the dinghy to sound out the area while I coaxed the boat in forward – reverse – forward – reverse - turned the wheel until she finally floated free. Wayne found enough water to get us outa there. We anchored outside Fox Town on Little Abaco but for some reason, we didn’t feel comfortable and had no desire to go ashore. We pulled anchor and headed for Allen’s/Pensacola.
These used to be separate islands until a storm joined them together. Initially, we anchored by Allen Rocks on the west side but it had little to no protection from W SW winds that we were having. It was too late in the day to move so we stayed the night. Who would want to leave anyway ????
Thursday, June 21; One chart shows scattered coral heads, decent depth and two anchorages on the east side of Allen's/Pensacola, the other chart shows “unsurveyed” with no anchorages. Hell, what’s the worst that can happen?? We moved to the East side and discovered paradise! We’ve each been to many beaches, but we both agreed that this was the nicest beach we’ve ever encountered. The sand felt like finely sifted flour, the water was clear as Vodka; No rocks, no obstructions, just sandy beach as far as you could see with Australian pines for shade. The camera couldn’t capture the beauty. It doesn’t get much better than this. There were some thunder boomers and thick clouds north of us, but never stormed by us. We vegged, we almost decided to stay here for the remainder of the trip but reality kicked in - after all, we did come all this way to see as much of the Abacos as we could. Happy hour, dinner and a movie but it was hard to stay inside when there were a zillion stars out there calling to us. Wayne was in his lounge chair on the fly bridge, and everything was right with the world.
Friday, June 22; The weather is still pretty perfect- no rain, scattered clouds, gentle breezes. The winds seem to be clocking around a bit. We’re only able to get bits & pieces of the weather- some sort of disturbance in north FL.? We headed south past Spanish, Powell & Ambergris Cays trolling all the way but no luck this time. Once again, we anchored on the east and “unsurveyed” side of Nunjack (some say
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| Nunjack Cay |
We explored while the girls played and swam and got full of sand again. As you can see by the pictures, the weather was perfect, seas dead calm, wispy, cool breezes . Another lazy day in paradise. After dark, the water was full of those sea animals that float on top that makes the water looks like its full of glittering diamonds. Usually you need to swish something in the water to make them glisten, but tonight, the water sparkled as far as you could see. The moon was bright and will be full in a few days.
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