Great first Bahamian Day!

1.23.13 I finally drug myself out of bed this morning at 0900 and Sean informed me that all the other boats that had been in our anchorage had left. I always get a funny feeling in my stomach when that happens, like we are either getting ready to get caught in some bad wind coming from a bad direction or we are missing some great sailing wind. In this case, it was the latter. I checked the wind and then the charts and saw that this wind was perfect for where we wanted to go. I quickly woke Brad and explained the plan and we were on our way within 30 minutes. We motored the first hour directly into the wind and we weren't sure that we had made the best decision, but when we finally turned the corner and hoisted the sails, I don't think the conditions could have been more ideal! We were making 6 to 7 knots all day and the waves were small so the sailing was comfortable. We were no sooner twenty minutes into our sail that Sean caught a fish! A very large, unexpected Snappper had caught on one of our lines. Sean reeled him in and Brad netted him - he was 25 inches and looked delicious! Our first Bahamian fish!

The rest of the day was uneventful, just wonderful sailing and good company. We covered 40 miles in 8 hours. We would have been there sooner but for a minor incident with the jib. We were right where we wanted to anchor and when we tried to roll the jib in, it wouldn't come! We had to turn away from the wind and go the wrong way for almost two miles before Brad finally got frustrated and just took the whole thing down. We motored back to our anchorage, got the hook down and Brad and Sean fixed the sail issue. We had delicious Snapper for dinner and cannot wait to get the dinghy in the water and go in to explore Allens Pensacola tomorrow!