By Kevin

Today we left Bimini bound for Cat Cay. We spent 12 mostly relaxing days in Bimini, sitting at Weech’s dock and then out on our anchor. We were there much longer than we had planned mainly to wait for a good weather window before continuing traveling east.

And, we definitely had to wait while we sorted out our GPS issues. (We solved that by purchasing a brand new GPS handheld, a GPSMAP 78sc. We’ll relegate it to backup duty once we get our Garmin 441s properly installed in Nassau.)

The 8-10 knot east wind and flat seas made our 3 hours sail south a slice of heaven. It feels good to finally be out here, sailing, visiting remote islands, and using this sailing yacht that we’ve poured so much of ourselves into over the past 6 months.

Tonight we are anchored off a small resort island about 10 miles south of Bimini called Cat Cay. On the island, if we were to take the dinghy in to shore, we would find a high-end resort, an expensive marina with a few docked mega-yachts, and a few mega-million dollar vacation homes overlooking the ocean.

The anchorage is a bit bumpy right now but we hope it will settle down in a few hours when the winds continues clocking around from the east to the southeast. (Let’s hope everyone does okay.)

Tomorrow morning we’ll get up about 5 am, eat an easy breakfast, raise the anchor and head due east bound for the remote and beautiful Berry Islands. We’re predicting about a 15 hour sail with a 10–15 knot close reach. In order to not arrive after dark in the next harbor, we’ll likely have to anchor overnight on the Grand Bahama Bank–in 10-15 feet of water and total darkness. It should be an experience not to forget.