On Wed. The 28th we topped off our fuel and headed out of Treasure Cay. The trip is probably about 8 miles as the crow flys but the water is a little shallow on the Sea of Abaco between here and there. We headed out to the North Atlantic and ran less than 2 miles around Whale Cay and back into The Sea of Abaco and to Green Turtle Cay (GTC). This is a treacherous passage between two reefs which can only be attempted in calm weather. The 14 mile trip was uneventful.
We are spending a week or so at Bluff House Marina in GTC before starting the trek around the top of the Bahama chain and back to Florida. My best guess is it is about 340 miles back to Ft Myers to store the boat for the summer.
Back to GTB, the Marina here is beautiful with a great pool, bar, and 2 restaurants. The weekly rate is a buck a ft, .65 kW, and .25 per gallon for water. There are 2 sounds on GTC, Black Sound on the South of the Island where the New Providence Settlement is. We are on the North end on White Sound. Late yesterday afternoon we checked the two sounds as they are only about 1.5 miles apart by dingy. We saw another boat like ours and Shazam we are invited for boat Drinks at 5. Tonight is pitza night at the bar so guess what is up for dinner.
After breakfast we took the dingy to No Name Cay (3.5 miles)to see the swimming pigs. They are so well feed you have to take the food to them on land. In the last 2 days we have seen Dolphins, nurse sharks, turtles are everywhere, bone fish, reef fish, huge rays, and even small rays jumping 2 feet out of the water.
Pics to follow.
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