Travels of Geo Nova

Black Point To Long Island

The voyage from Black Point to our next chosen anchorage required us negotiating Dotham cut, a passage from the Bahamas banks into the Atlantic Ocean. This cut is wide and deep making passage relatively easy and safe in most conditions. Some cuts particularly when strong wind opposes strong current can be down right dangerous. This day’s sail ended our steak of nice sails. The wind was too close to the nose so we had to motor sail to Lee Stocking Island, the former home of the Caribbean Marine research Center a casualty to the poor economy. This island was another beautiful place. Next stop, one night and on to Georgetown, the center of activity for the Exuma islands. Here we were able to meet up with our friends on Megerin and Discretion. We had parted ways after Wardrick Wells. It is always nice to meet up with good friends.

On Thursday we set sail for Long Island with our friends on Escapade who we have been traveling with since departing for the Bahamas from Florida. The 40 or so mile trip was another gorgeous sail but a relatively slow sail. For the most part the wind was on the stern and it was light, non-the less a very pleasant trip. This long island has little in common with the better-known Long Island. Its name is apt because it is about 55 miles long. Today we went for a walk on a drop-dead gorgeous beach on the Atlantic side of the island. We plan to spend the better part of a week here before going back to Georgetown to pick up Naomi and Hans, David’s sister and brother in law who will flying in from the other Long Island.

We are off to happy hour at the Island Breeze, an inn and restaurant that has a morning net. They come on the radio in the morning to talk to the cruisers with emergencies, weather and open mike. It’s a way to find out what is going on in an area. We found out that boaters are helping the community get ready for the local regatta being held on April 1^st, so tomorrow we will join in to help hammer or paint or what ever is needed.

Happy hour was great with music and meeting other boaters. A boater that weaves showed everyone how to make a hat or basket out of the coconut palm leaves. We stayed until sunset and there was a green flash, this happens as the sun sets over the water if the conditions are just right there is a green flash right after the last of the sunsets. It doesn’t have anything to do with how many beers or rum punches you have had!