Wednesday, December 3, 2025 — the sunrise was completely blocked by the dark clouds on the horizon, but it was a colorful morning none-the-less.

It rained overnight, and it was enough rain to give Kosmos and Kosmopolitan a good rinse off. Yay! It was nice to wake up to a clean(er) boat.

The wind was slowly shifting directions, and as the morning wore on, the rolling became more pronounced as the island offered less and less protection. We were glad we had the flopper stopper out. It would have been uncomfortable otherwise. Per the forecast, it was only going to get worse as the day progressed. By tomorrow, the wind would be coming from a direction that this anchorage had no protection from.

We pulled up anchor at 1030 and headed to Lynyard Cay. We were inside the lagoon the entire ride, and it was calm inside the protected waters. The only noteworthy event was that our route took us through a narrow dredged channel near a popular snorkeling spot. The water on both sides of the channel was especially shallow, leaving little leeway to maneuver. Eric was a little nervous about going through it, but the chart was spot on and no snorkelers swam into the channel.

We arrived at the Lynyard Cay anchorage about 1530. We were happy to report that it was much calmer than the anchorage we’d left this morning. A map to show where we were.

And another map showing how far we’d moved.

Since we were going to be moving again in the morning, we didn’t bother to get the dinghy down. We just laid low onboard for the rest of the afternoon and evening.

At dusk, six monohull sailboats entered the anchorage in a literal conga line and anchored. Per AIS, they were all French Canadian and looked like they may all have been the same type of boat. They were speaking French to one another on the radio, so they were obvious a group traveling together. We missed the sunset due to cloud cover, but did manage to get a shot of the full moon peeking through the clouds.