May 7, 2010
We arrived in the Berry Islands on Thursday early morning hours after crossing the Great Bahamas Banks. Left Bimini at 11:30 AM and traveled 81 nautical miles mostly under sail but some motroing because of no winds. After anchoring in Slaughter Harbor to sleep a few hours, we decided to leave when the cruise ships arrived with the megaphone announcements to the passengers, the wave runners tours, kayakers, and the parasail boats running all around us. We felt like we never left Key Largo!!
We pulled anchor and did a short, pleasant sail around Great Harbor Cay to Petit Cay and a beautiful anchorage. It is a big lagoon with sandy beaches around most of it. We had breakfast at the Beach Club and walked over to Bullocks Harbor - Great Harbor Cay Marina to get wifi. After getting directions to the marina, we started off and turned back thinking we were lost (within about 100 yards of the turn to the marina).
We will stay here for at least one more day and then consider heading south. There is a weather front coming that offers a great opportunity to head south - we hope to get some sailing in the Exumas.
We arrived in the Berry Islands on Thursday early morning hours after crossing the Great Bahamas Banks. Left Bimini at 11:30 AM and traveled 81 nautical miles mostly under sail but some motroing because of no winds. After anchoring in Slaughter Harbor to sleep a few hours, we decided to leave when the cruise ships arrived with the megaphone announcements to the passengers, the wave runners tours, kayakers, and the parasail boats running all around us. We felt like we never left Key Largo!!
We pulled anchor and did a short, pleasant sail around Great Harbor Cay to Petit Cay and a beautiful anchorage. It is a big lagoon with sandy beaches around most of it. We had breakfast at the Beach Club and walked over to Bullocks Harbor - Great Harbor Cay Marina to get wifi. After getting directions to the marina, we started off and turned back thinking we were lost (within about 100 yards of the turn to the marina).
We will stay here for at least one more day and then consider heading south. There is a weather front coming that offers a great opportunity to head south - we hope to get some sailing in the Exumas.
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