Tuesday, March 16, 2010 On to Big Majors

From: Little Farmers Cay 23 57.221 76 18.998 8:45am
To: Big Majors Spot 24 1.327 /76 27.537 1:21pm
Miles Traveled: 19.9 Winds: NW15-20 Partly Cloudy; 70s/80s

Happy Birthday Patricia! Hope it’s spectacular weather for you. If not, it’s gorgeous here for you.

High Tide was 8:25 am. We dropped the mooring and hoisted our anchor at 8:45am shortly after Solitaire (heading north to Eleuthera) and Madcap (heading south toward Georgetown). The winds and chop were on our nose all day but the sun was shining brightly with green bottom and gray-bottomed clouds in the sky.

I thought I spotted my first dolphin in a long time as it came zipping past the boat under the water at a high rate of speed, heading south. I pointed it out to Wayne thinking how unusual, they usually turn and follow or lead us and break the surface for air. It turned out to be a 7-foot shark zipping by southward as we head northward. A premonition of what awaits us in the north? If so, it was my first shark with others waiting in line when we get back home…

I gave the helm to Captain Wayne and lay in the sun enjoying the warmth while the boat periodically thumped on the waves. We got into Big Majors and dropped the hook next to Solitaire around 1:20pm. They’re heading out at first light and their dinghy is lashed to the deck. Ours is up in the davits and after it conked out on us last time, didn’t feel like messing with it. So we waved at each other and I chatted with them on the radio. This is a nice anchorage. As I recall this is the beach with the swimming pigs (I hear there are new piglets too). It has quite a few caves on shore that are quite obvious at low tide and an alternating rocky and sandy shore. You can look down into the clear aqua and sea green water and see the grass and sand. Very pretty anchorage.

Flat iron steak and salad are what’s for dinner tonight.