We left Ft. Pierce around 5:30pm after several days of rebuilding fuel related plumbing on both the dingy engine and the main engine. Due to our fuel problems on a previous trips, and our broken fuel-water seperatro bowl, we had to put a new bowl in and decided to setup a valve system so that we could switch between fuel filters while the engines were running. The dingy motor turned out just to be a loose fitting on the tank (after many hours of fumbling around....)
The crossing was calm, with no wind and 2-3 ft. swell. We ran into the Gulf Stream about 10 mile out when all of a sudden the water temp went form 75 to 85 and there was a 4.6kt current pushing us north!! We had 3+ knots all the way across the stream (approx. 25 min wide), so much for it averaging 2kts.....
We arrived at the Bahama bank around 7:30 am. The water depth goes from +500 ft to 20ft in about 1/2 mile! The crossing of the bank was very nice - completely calm waters, 20 ft depths and you could see the bottom the whole way! Capt. David climbed the spreaders more than once to take a look at the bottom whisking by (see photos below).
We arrived at Great Sail Cay around 3pm and anchored with 14 other boats! (this is the main stopping point for cruisers since you can't get to Spanish Cay or Green Turtle Cay (customs clearing) in one day. The captain went swimming and gives the Bahamian water a thumbs up! Beautiful sunset on glass smooth water.
Off to Spanish Cay tomorrow!
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