Sunday at noon Meadowlark sailed North from Manjack Cay towards Allan-Pensacola Cay with another small boat, the S/V Contagious. Weather was perfect for the 22 mile journey and we arrived at sunset.
A wrecked yacht just south of Allans-Pensacola.
Anchorage at Allans. Four other boats were at anchor when we arrived. The Contagious is on the far left. The next day we went on an awesome wreck dive on the barrier reef - a 300ft steel cargo ship sunk in 1907. Speared a few snapper and had a fish fry on the beack that night.
Made a sign in a run bottle for the signing tree on the ocean beach. Eric, Jen and I looked for the nearby US missile trcking station ruins, but found the trails to be overgrown and sealed off.
Signing tree.
Eric and Jen headed west towards Fox Town while I stayed another night at Allans. Enjoyed a campfire and watch the sunset with a pipe and bottle of rum.
The next day Meadowlark sailed south towards Manjack again with a strong northerly front on the way. Made it to Manjack by 1600 just as the wind began to pick up. We bounced around a good deal only getting a few hours of sleep.
Today was a rough day on the Sea of Abaco. Very rough. I decided to take advantage of the northerly winds to sail south to Marsh Harbour (over 20 miles). For the first time I feel Meadowlark may have met her match and was afriad a few times I would lose her to the rocks near Whale Cay. Waves in the "Don't Rock" passage reached appx 6ft, many of them nearly breaking over the bow. The outboard was partially submerged numerous times and the boat was heeled 30 degrees with only 10sq ft of genoa exposed. This made for a very long and wet 6 hours to Marsh. With luck on our side, we made it into the harbour where we now sit on the anchor with winds ENE 20-30 mph. Will stay here for a few days to regroup and maybe do a little provisioning.
Who knows what's in store for us now, but now feeling optimistic and glad that all is well!
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