We are heading north to the Exumas Land and Sea Park as there is some nasty weather on the horizon, and we would prefer to be on mooring ball rather than watching the GPS all night. In fact, once we were secured to a mooring ball, I turned off the GPS. We did some chores while Dennis and Mary went to the beach where we found our shells yesterday. After leaving Compass Cay and once we were back on the banks we hoisted the jib which gave us an extra 1 to 1.5 knots and resulted in us only burning a little more than a gallon of gas. In hind sight, I should have put up the main and burned the gas to get us to and from the banks. The trip up was a little bumpy with the wind from the east / southeast. I altered our course after we took a couple of waves on our beam which sent things flying, almost losing the microwave from its perch on the counter. By the time we reached our waypoint we were about .3 miles off course, but with a more comfortable ride. Back in the park, we are on the same mooring ball as last time.
Once we set up shop, we dingyed ashore to register. We met some people who were cruising from Kentucky, their boat kept in North Carolina, near where we rent our beach house on the Outer Banks. We all related tales of stripping sails and canvas off our boats before a hurricane, and all noted that most of the time proved unnecessary. I made pasta sauce as we had plenty of time, which makes enough for three meals, two being refrigerated. As I was washing one of the bowls, there were several yellow fin snapper cruising around the boat, large enough for a couple of meals, but since we are in the land and sea park, no fishing is allowed.
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