Sand Cay, Turks & Caicos to Atwood Harbor, Bahamas

May 30, 2014

Sand Cay to French Cay, Turks & Caicos

We left beautiful Sand Cay at 5:30 this morning, knowing we had a long day sail to French Cay today.  I sure hated to say good bye to Sand Cay.  As we started on our way we saw a couple of ships, one of which was the Carnival Breeze.  It’s neat to see them when they are out to sea like we are. 

Today was going to be “interesting” because we had to cross the Turks Banks – a huge area that is really shallow.  It took us about 5 hours to cross it.  It ran between 12 and 15 feet deep which is really strange, considering we are in the middle of the ocean.  As soon as we got off the banks, we were in 2,000+ feet of water.   You can see the “line” in the water that marks the shallow to the deep water.  Daniel drove most of the way across the banks and saw some rocks and coral near the surface.  I was a little nervous too but I offered to drive a little bit so he could have a rest.  As soon as he went below, I had a dolphin come up next to the boat.  Made me smile.  I waved at him and the next thing you know he went and brought some more of his friends to visit me.  I ran for my camera and then went to the bow of the boat to watch them jump and dive and swim all around us.  Yes, I was supposed to be driving so I only stayed on the bow for a couple of minutes.  It was really great to see the dolphins – made my nerves settle down.  We made it to French Cay at about 5 this afternoon.  Again, we are the only boat here – it feels kind of weird, but kind of nice too.  We snorkeled a bit, to check on the anchor and now we are settling down for the night.  We have an early day tomorrow – heading to the Bahamas!

May 31, 2014

French Cay to Mayaguana, Bahamas

It was a long day today.  We left at about 5 a.m. and pulled into our anchorage just about 7 p.m.  It was another good day for sailing, it was just a long one. 

June 1, 2014

Mayaguana, Bahamas to Atwood Harbor, Bahamas

We left at about 6 a.m. with only 50 miles to travel today.  Again, the winds were favorable for us to sail most of the way.  We pulled in and anchored in Atwood Harbor at about 3 p.m.  We immediately went for a swim and a snorkel.  We’ve seen quite a few starfish on the bottom but didn’t see any fish.  We are again, the only ones in the anchorage.