Sorry for the delay in the posting of the last few days. Today we could not get an internet connection and Tuesday we were 30 miles from the nearest land.
Today is positioning day. We are leaving Bimini for Cat Cay. Dennis and I have put the waypoints into the GPS/Chart Plotter to get us to our destination a short 2 – 3 hours away. As we were preparing to depart, removing the forward berth cover revealed a crack in the glass around one of the screws and the screw with the snap revealed that it was not secure. I was able to fix the snap with a longer screw and new snap. The crack was temporarily secured with super glue, and as we would find out, not very well.
We led the way south, making a port turn at Triangle Rocks through a large pass between the two islands. On the passage we encountered a school of flying fish. We had never encountered this phenomenon, and they were too quick for us to capture them on film. The next waypoint would send us south to Cat Cay. As we arrived at Cat Cay, the winds started increasing. It took us three attempts to secure the anchor as there was a lot of sea grass, which does not make for a good anchorage. As we were setting the anchor, the final flight in and out of Cat Key descended over our heads. As you will note, it is VFR (Visual Flight Rules), no lights or tower.
Once set, we watched the wind increase from 15 to 25+ knots. Dennis informed us that about 4 pm the winds would subside, and he was correct only to have the rain set in. Remember that crack in the glass; yes, it does leak. Fortunately, the water went on the mat on the floor. After the rain subsided, the wind blew again. As I tracked the GPS coordinates, it appeared that we were securely anchored. Even so, I still stood watch until 1 am and finally went to sleep.
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