Manjack Cay

On Sunday we slipped our mooring lines and started our trek North.  We took the cut out of North Man O War into the Atlantic.  The cut was rough but doable.  We were taking some blue water on the deck but once out of the swells in the cut the water smoothed out to a 2-3 foot swell.  I had bought pre-rigged Ballyhoo and we started fishing in a 1000 ft of water.  I had dreams of Wahoo and Tuna, no such luck not a single bite```, oh well at least I was fishing.  We reached the Whale passage which can be the most treacherous in all of the Bahamas, and found the conditions excellent for the passage back into the Sea of Abaco.  Based on the winds kicking up I doubt any boats will get through for a week.  Timing is everything and we had timed our passage to sneak through before the winds came up Monday.

We anchored for three nights at N Manjack Cay, this was well protected from the NE winds.  After a couple of attempts our anchor finally bit.  After setting up the anchor bridle, Tom from Sum Escape came over with the dingy and a glass bottom bucket and checked  out our anchor, it was well set. At 5:30 Kim and Bryan from the sailing Cat Freedom, and ourselves went over to Sum Escape for cocktails.  We had a great reunion with Freedom we had last seen them in Stainiel Cay in Feb for Bryan's 50 the Birthday.  This is now one of our favorite anchorages, there are miles of beaches for Brigitte to collect more Sea Biscuits and Sea Urchins. The owner of this Cay has cut miles of hiking trails to the various beaches and encourages those anchored here to enjoy them. These folks have lived on the Island for 20 years and are completely self sufficient.  Our time with the Stingray's was very special, they seem to enjoy swimming over your feet and brushing up against your legs.  On Tuesday we cruised the 6 miles back to Green Turtle Cay and the Bluff House Marina.
Cheers for now.