On Wednesday, April 9, we were awoken at 0330 by thunder and heavy rain. The wind was 20-knots. Eric got up and monitored the lightning storm for a while, concerned that we might drag. After about 45-minutes, he felt comfortable that Kosmos was secure and went back to bed. 

Later, when we got up for the day, it was still raining and the anchorage had become a little bit rocky. The wind had already started shifting from the south to the west, and it was forecast to continue to shift west and then to the north. This anchorage was going to be very uncomfortable by late afternoon.

At 0800, there was a break in the rain. We quickly got the dinghy up and Kosmos ready for sea. The forecast was for heavy rain and more lightning, so we wanted to move before the rain resumed. At 0900, we moved 3 nm northeast within the bay to Rock Sound West (from the red dots up to the purple dots).

We anchored in 7 feet of water. It was pretty calm when we anchored, and it got even calmer as the wind continued to shift. The other three families who were in South Rock Sound with us all eventually came, too. 

The rest of the day was low key. In the evening, Haste Away invited us over, and we had a nice time with them.

Dawn on Thursday, April 10

The four families went to town together to have lunch and go sightseeing. The town was on the east side of the bay, 1.5 miles away from us. Since that was a long ride in our slow dinghy, Haste Away picked us up and took us to town in their fast dinghy. Amazingly enough, the dinghy got on plane with 6 people. We tied up at the municipal pier/dinghy dock.

Looking north from the pier

Looking south

The restaurant we were originally planning to eat at was closed, so we went to Wild Orchids, instead. Wild Orchids was right on the water and had nice views.

Wild Orchids actually had its own dock, so had we planned to eat there, we would have gone to their dock instead of the municipal dock. The food was good, but it was George Town prices. This was the adults table.

The kids table.

After lunch, we headed south down the main road that paralleled the sound.

To be continued…