We decided we should probably head north to escape some high winds coming up.
Passing the fancy Baker's Bay area at the north end of Great Guana Cay. Looks like more development is there since our last time thru here a couple of years ago.
Just a lovely sail, we left the engines off even though we got down to 3 knots at some points with just the main sail up....lazy sailing! No where to be and only 15 miles to go. The "Whale Cut" that is open to the ocean swells and feared by many in poor conditions was smooth and almost calm. Perfect day to move.
Lovely water as we sail along in the protected sound.
The obligatory bread photo....made bread along the way. A little funny shape - I think my yeast is aging even though I keep it in the freezer.
Approaching Green Turtle Cay and the town of New Plymouth. They had a lot of hurricane damage from Dorian but are mostly rebuilt we understand.
The mailboat was arriving as we were sailing past.
We anchored inside of the northern bay - White Sound - just for a few hours. We had a terrible time a few years ago here when we anchored and got hit with a middle-of-the-night thunderstorm, dragging anchor. The plan was to wait until high tide and go thru a very narrow dredged channel - we got in the dinghy to depth-sound and formed a plan. The dredged area is about 40' wide (our boat is 21' wide) and a mistake will cause the fiberglass bottom to hit very hard rock on either side of the channel!
After the tide was up mid-way, we executed our plan flawlessly and are now anchored in about 10 ' of water in the middle of a very protected small bay. We'll be here for a day or two while the weather moves past.
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