Tuesday March 26, 2024 Crossing to Conception Island

Big sailing day today! It’s about a 5 hour crossing to Conception Island, a Bahamian preserve that is protected from any kind of development. No fires, no dogs, no anything that will damage the ecosystem. Erick made a frittata for breakfast with the left over taco stuff from last night.

The wind was good so Hannah and Erick got a bunch of sails up (this thing has more sails than Carter has pills), and we ran part of the day with no motor. I call it a crossing because we left the nice shallow light blue waters and spent the day with nothing but 3000 feet of dark blue water under us and nothing to look at except the horizon. Medium swells so just exciting enough not to get sea sick. And how did anyone not get lost at sea before GPS?

Erick made sandwiches for lunch which kept us busy with the rolling sea.

The satellite stuff told us there were a couple boats already there but when we pulled in there were about 7 boats, but still plenty of room and good anchorage.

We took the dinghy in to shore (with a few cold beers) and did a walk to the other side of the island. It looks like someone has collected any beach trash as there were a couple of piles of plastic trash here and there. Once back to the dinghy we all went for a swim in the crystal clear water before heading back to the boat.

Milo got pretty sunburned so he has to do better tommorrow. The SPF 30 did not cut it today.

Every night Milo and Erick put the “flopper stoppers” down, which are two dampers that extend from both sides of the boat. The have one way louvers that cuts way down on the boat rolling at night. Clever.

Pineapple mango rum drinks before dinner. Erick grilled lobster tails, which he served with rice and a nice fresh salad, which made for a nice evening. Another perfect day!