Sail to Great Harbor, Berrys

We head out right after sunrise. Still fairly rough, but we head south. The north wind is behind us so we have following seas. Between boats leaving Browns and Sands we have 6 boats heading together across the Great Bahama Banks to the Berry Islands and Great Harbor. 

Still too rough to go north around the Bimini's, before heading east. We all head south with following seas for an hour or so until we turn east on the Banks. Once on the Banks the ocean swells disappear and we only have local chop to deal with.

 

Sea Vu Play

 We pass over a couple areas where the depths are around 6 feet, but because of the chop we can not see the bottom. On a calm day the water is so clear here, boats feel like they are floating on air. You can stand on the rail and watch your shadow running along the bottom.

We sail and/or motor-sail past sundown. We have all been talking back and forth on the VHF radio during the day. There is a half moon overhead which gives us some visibility. As we all approach Great Harbor in the dark I don't feel the need to turn on the radar. We are all anchored outside Great Harbor Marina by 8:30 PM. We are sheltered by islands to the north so we only have the wind. We have a rather calm night. Long day, we have covered about 100 miles.