Kathie Smith

4 knot winds and flat seas. Motored across to Shroud Cay with Bokensha and Spoondrifters.

9-13 knots true wind broad reach. 1ft waves. Sailed with Bokensha but had to motor sail about halfway. Left at 5 am to optimize wind. It died around 8:20a. Snorkeled the plane crash at Norman’s Cay at low tide. Anchored with Spoondrifters and Eric and Anna came by to deliver Michael’s halyard.

16 knots true wind and 20 apparent for a close reach sail. Waves about 5-6 feet. Sailed with Bokensha, to grocery shop and set off tomorrow for Exumas. Fished for an hour but no bites.

Up to 20 knots true wind and up to 8 foot waves. Close hauled sail followed by a downwind sail. Rough conditions around the North tip of Great Harbor where the cruise ships park. Derek left from the local airport to Nassau.

15 knot wins and 6 ft waves. Derek started feeling sea sick again and I had to stop working because it was rough around the north end where the cruise ships park. The shallower water was much better. The starboard engine quit working making the motor upwind in the north end difficult on port engine only. We were only moving at 3 knots and was hard to turn the corner to sail again.

15 knot apparent wind close hauled. 2 ft waves. Sailed beside Janie and Jack. Michael and Monica to come in tonight.

12 knot winds from the nose and 2 ft waves. We tacked for a bit and then decided to motor for time sake since we were not making ground to our destination very timely. We went to an island blue hole that was on a cliff. Snorkeled after hiking down. Some others came and jumped in off the cliff. I was too cold to do so but sort of wanted to. Derek was cautious but then wanted to after seeing the others.

12 knots wind and flat seas. Sailed at close reach to next cay. Starboard engine would not come on and anchored a bit impaired due to only one engine. Visited mangroves and saw so many turtles. Barracuda and rays were present also. Saw a cool trigger fish using both dorsal and ventral fins to propel.

14 knots true wind and 20 apparent on close reach sail. 4 ft waves. Derek was sea sick. Derek and I snorkeled to the anchor and found the anchor not dug in but just about 2 inches of tip in. There was a layer of bedrock and not sand to dig in. We snorkeled to the rocky beach and found lots of fish.

Wind 3 knots and flat waves. Moved out of main Nassau area as traffics with shallow low tide conditions and heavy currents. Boat not pointed in wind but rather following the current. Ship wrecks around us and hit one with the dinghy. Derek now with us and rmotored around corner to get away from the traffic and conditions.