Bimini to West End

Well, we are finding that weather forecasts usually don't turn out as predicted, no matter who you consult!  Yesterday, we left our marina in Alice Town and motored up and over North Bimini to drop anchor for the night.  This would give us a quick start this morning to cross the Northwest Providence Channel (about 60 nm).

Anchor dropped in 13' of water on the NE side of North Bimini

David checked the anchor to make sure it held strong and wasn't in coral (this area was sand and sea grass, no coral, but we wanted to be sure)

As we prepped dinner, the wind built to 18-22 knots.  We decided not to grill and put the food back in the refrigerator.  "Dinner" was snack food in the cockpit while we watch clouds and wind (no rain).  Being flexible is a key factor for this lifestyle!

Snacks in the cockpit by lantern light

We weighed anchor at 7:45 today as the sun burned the clouds away.  The predicted winds we thought would help us across the channel never arrived.  We had very light winds directly on the nose most of the day.  So, we motored, yet again <sigh>

Very pretty clouds this morning

Flying the Bahamian courtesy flag

Light to non-existent wind today -- lots of blues

West End (Grand Bahama Island) in sight!  Happy to be here and excited to start exploring the Abacos!

First though, we will wait for a weather system to move through.  That'll give us a few days to explore this town (and do a load of laundry).....my very favorite chore!  Seriously!   :)