Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Eleuthera, Rock Sound, Day 6

We left around 9:00AM for Governors Harbor. Winds were predicted to be around 15-18 knots out of the east. We should have a fast sail with the wind coming from the east. Being on the leeward side of Eluethera, the waves should not be too bad. Well after we get out of Rock Sound the wind picks up to the high 20's with gusts over 30 knots. 
 
Salty Sailing
The wind is out of the northeast so the waves now have a 15 mile fetch not the 2 miles from the east as planned on. We are close hauled into the wind and the waves are getting pretty large, coming over our bow and deck running water all the way up to our dodger. So much for our recently washed decks. After an hour of this I say screw it, and we take in the jib and run back to Rock Sound under a shortened main at about twice the speed we were doing beating ourselves up going north. 
 
The Bernie style from 30 knots of wind and no hat
We drop anchor back where we started and relax for the rest of the day. Didn't bother putting the dinghy down.

Shortly after we drop anchor I get an email from Marketa on “Departure” ( Met her and Tom in Elizabeth City and crossed to Bimini together) asking if that was us coming into Rock Sound. They have been there a couple days and we did not notice each other.

During the night it rained so we were free of salt again. Wonder how long that will last ?

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