Bye Abacos

We left Hope Town on Saturday March 15. The plan was to do a quick stop at Marsh Harbour to do some provisioning and then head south to the Exumas.

The quick stop at Marsh Harbour ended up taking a lot longer than planned due to bad weather. With strong winds coming from the south, heading to the Exumas was out of the question. We didn't want to stay in Marsh Harbour either. The bay, although big, is usually packed with boats. When strong winds are predicted we usually prefer, when possible, to drop anchor in a protected bay where Taia is not going to have other boats at close proximity. The reason for this is simple: if we drag anchor, we don't want to hit other boats. If other boats drag anchor, we don't want to get hit.

In the span of a week we stayed at Archers Cay, Red Bay, Tavern Cay, Pelican Cay, Tilloo Cay and Lynyard Cay.

We finally got a nice weather window to cross the 57 nm on the Atlantic side to Royal Island, on the east side of Eleuthera, on Sunday March 24. On Monday we were treated to a beautiful and hot day. We checked out the small island, including the ruins of a 1950's resort that never came to be. We also went to the beach.

Walking around Royal Island.

Ruins of a 1950 resort.

We saw lots of this little guy here.

The plan was to stay in Royal Island for a few days, until the strong winds abated. Once again, the plan had to be changed due to the weather.

After a few days of strong winds and nothing else to do on the deserted island, we decided to find a new anchorage. We ended up going to Current Settlement and walked around the beautiful town. We went to the store to do some provisioning again and visited the local library. We met Sue, the lovely lady that runs the library and ended up staying there for a few hours where the kids read and even got a few books as a gift.

Playing in yet another playground, Current Settlement.

In front of the local library.

We are watching the weather closely. It looks like we might be able to cross the final 50 nm to the Exumas on Sunday or Monday. We'll keep our fingers crossed.