We weighed anchor at 5 a.m. this morning and left Lake
Worth, Florida with our course set for West End, Grand Bahama. The weather forecast held with calm winds and
seas for our entire crossing.
We learned very quickly that our depth sounders limit is
520 feet, according to our nautical charts, there were several places on our 66
mile crossing that are over 1800 feet deep; we didn’t have enough chain to drop
the anchor for lunch.
The water is an awesome blue.
It took about an hour to complete all of the paper work
for customs, and then wait our turn in line.
It was such a perfect day to cross, there were 5 boats ahead of us as we
entered the marina. The entry fee is
$300 ….cash, no credit cards, but does include your fishing license. The marina is located on the northwestern tip
of the island; we have a great view of the ocean from our fly bridge.
We walked to the beach and took in the view of Little Bahama
Bank.
My best mate
I have enough trouble with chess; I think I would get
really confused with this set.
I don’t think we have big enough tackle for these fish…..but
we’re going to give it a try.
A major front will move through this weekend with expected winds between 25-35 mph. It looks like we’ll be exploring Grand Bahama Island before exploring the Abaco’s.
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