Chub Cay, Berry Islands, Bahamas

Hi All,

We arrived in Bimini the day before last - Friday, around 11:00 a.m. after sailing all day Thursday and through Thursday night. Since we got a late start on Thursday, we did not stop at Rodriquez Key like the other boats that left early Thursday morning. So we beat them all in! We had a great sail most of the day and night. We did have to motor sail for a while, but we mostly sailed. On Friday, we toured Bimini abd retired early. The next morning we left with at around 10:00 a.m. with Lucidity, however, we got grounded for approximately an hour. A nice gentleman in a powerboat finally pulled us off. The chart showed 6 ft, but that turned out not to be true. Our most frustrating grounded so far. Yikes! By the time we got back under way, Lucidity was well ahead of us, so we hooked onto another caravan of 4 boats heading the same way - to Russel Beacon, which is in the middle of the Bahama Banks - no land in sight. But it was only 15 feet deep. It was a calm anchorage, and we got up and out early this morning to head to Chub Cay. This time, Lucidity and Johh Ray stayed close. We arrived here about 3:00 and Michele is ashore now with a free Internet connection just to keep you all posted. We plan to stay here until Wednesday and head over to Nassau next. We will update the position as soon as possible - as Michele forgot to check the GPS coordinates before leaving the boat. Anyway, that's it for now. It is at least 80 degrees in the sun while I'm typing this blog and getting bitten alive by no see ums! More to come later. Sorry no phone or Internet on this leg of the trip. Verizon doesn't work here - or if it does it's mucho deneiros! Adios.