Dawn on Friday, February 13

We again got up early, got Kosmos ready to go, and lifted anchor at about 0610. This was another one of those passages where we couldn’t make a direct line because the majority of the area was too shallow, and the only access was through the narrow Comer Channel (the yellow line on the map below was the route we took from Georgetown to Flamingo Cay. The channel was cut through the light area around the southwest side of Great Exuma Island).

Tuesday, February 10 – First thing this morning, Eric and Keith pulled up anchor and did a passage to Georgetown. Tiki Tour and Zimovia also went. It was pretty windy, and the sailboats put out their spinnakers. Eric and Keith held a sheet in front of the boat to pretend they were sailing, too. The passage was pretty good overall because the wind was coming from the back and it was following seas. But when it came time to enter Elizabeth Harbour, they had to make a turn, putting the waves on their beam. The big waves made the conditions uncomfortable while entering the harbor. While it was by no means rough compared to other places we’ve been, it was rough by Bahamaian standards. All three boats dropped anchor in the southern part of the harbor, by Sand Dollar beach.

Keith went to the beach on the ocean side and played in the big waves with Tiki Tour and Zimovia, then went over to Zimovia to hang out later in the day. Eric did laundry and watched the sunset.

Meanwhile, in the evening, Christi’s caught a red-eye flight to Baltimore, which left from the new terminal. The terminal was again mostly empty, which made it easy to find comfortable seating while waiting to board. Her flight to Baltimore was uneventful, but she didn’t sleep at all.

On Wednesday, Eric and Keith got up at crack of dawn to head to Staniel Cay to pick Christi up. The plan was to spend the night in Staniel Cay, then continue on to The Ragged Islands the next day. Here was a shot of the anchorage taken as they were getting ready to go — Kosmos was surrounded by Nordhavns!