Sunday, April 27, 2014
We left Green Turtle Cay with the tide on Tuesday afternoon headed for Angelfish Point and an overnight anchorage. The trip was beautiful but we were sad to leave the Abaco cays. We were now on our journey toward the crossing to the US. Wednesday morning we were up early and sailing for Great Sale Cay. What a big pretty anchorage we found. Haven saw us coming in and radioed us there was lots of room to anchor. Once we were set, we took the dinghy into a cement dock Active Captain referred to and found the path toward a beautiful beach and shoreline where April could run and we could all swim. Release joined us there and we had a really nice walk. Again up with the early light on Thursday and off and running toward West End, Grand Bahama Cay, another long run. We got to West End about 4 pm and looked around for an anchorage. The bottom was narly with rocks and some small spots of sand, so we went into the marina. We washed down the boat, had a swim and caught up with some other cruisers who were planning on crossing the next day. All systems were go, so Friday morning, again at first light, we left the marina headed toward Lake Worth Inlet, Florida. We had some East wind just off our nose for awhile so we pulled the sail but then it turned toward the West and really was on our nose most of the way. So it was a motor trip for the most part. During our trip we saw two fin back whales, some flying fish, and we had a hitchhiker aboard - a little bird who would land on the boat, ride for awhile and then take off, only to appear again a little later. He actually spent some time down in the cabin resting. We came through the Lake Worth Inlet at 5:10 pm, looked at the anchorage around Peanut Island, but decided to head to our usual spot about 1/2 mile north of the inlet to anchor. We called Customs and gave them all the information and were told to go to the nearest Customs office within 24 hours. However, they neglected to tell us that the nearest office was closed on Saturday. After a lot of hassle trying to determine how we check in, we were told to go to the airport Customs office - they were open on Saturday. Release joined us and all four of us and two dogs took a taxi to the tune of $70.00 each way to the airport to check in. No wonder people don't bother!
We plan to stay here in Lake Worth today, Sunday. The waterway is very busy on weekends with small boaters out, especially in this 90 degree weather. Bill wanted to change the oil in the engine and transmission and has done that this morning. After our very long days last week, it has been nice to relax today. Tomorrow we will start our journey North on the ICW into Stuart, Florida. We have seven bridges to hail to request an opening, so it will be a slow journey.
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