After a restless night, the crew is up early and ready to go by 6:00. Unfortunately the dingy snagged a stationary pole 
on the way out of the slip and this meant that we needed to anchor just outside the marina and make some adjustments to the dingy, delaying our departure by another hour.
We are surprised that there are not more sailboats heading out this morning to make the crossing as there have been very few opportunities to make the journey to the Bahamas this month.
The two sailboats that do leave the harbor at the same time as Argo are both smaller vessels and both end up turning around after finding the conditions too rough for them even today. Argo on the other hand seems to revel in these conditions and this is where she shows her true colours. She may be moody & skiddish when it comes to entering a boat slip, but give her some open water and a choppy sea and she will not disappoint!!!
Thank goodness for Gravol.
We motor-sail with the Stay sail and average just over 6 knots for most of the crossing. The waves are large(size varying according to which crew member you are speaking to) and the boat is saturated in salt.
Some of the waves breaking on deck MUST have been in excess of eight feet!! The seas calm down as we leave the Gulf Stream and approach Westend on Grand Bahama Island.
Our first sunset in the Bahamas is beautiful and we stop for a meal and a short reprieve from the
weather. The crew celebrates crossing the Gulf Stream
but then decides to motor on a bit further in the dark to Mangrove Cay where we anchor for the night.
on the way out of the slip and this meant that we needed to anchor just outside the marina and make some adjustments to the dingy, delaying our departure by another hour.
We are surprised that there are not more sailboats heading out this morning to make the crossing as there have been very few opportunities to make the journey to the Bahamas this month.
The two sailboats that do leave the harbor at the same time as Argo are both smaller vessels and both end up turning around after finding the conditions too rough for them even today. Argo on the other hand seems to revel in these conditions and this is where she shows her true colours. She may be moody & skiddish when it comes to entering a boat slip, but give her some open water and a choppy sea and she will not disappoint!!!
Thank goodness for Gravol.
We motor-sail with the Stay sail and average just over 6 knots for most of the crossing. The waves are large(size varying according to which crew member you are speaking to) and the boat is saturated in salt.
Some of the waves breaking on deck MUST have been in excess of eight feet!! The seas calm down as we leave the Gulf Stream and approach Westend on Grand Bahama Island.
Our first sunset in the Bahamas is beautiful and we stop for a meal and a short reprieve from theweather. The crew celebrates crossing the Gulf Stream
but then decides to motor on a bit further in the dark to Mangrove Cay where we anchor for the night.
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