Hanging in the Abacos

 

Time passes slowly or quickly here I'm not sure which.  In all actuality time for us has simply become all about the weather.  If the weather forecast is good, we can relax, enjoy the beach, the town, or do a little snorkeling.  If the weather is going to turn cruddy we look for a safe harbor to hunker down in until the cold front passes.  Every morning, except Sunday, we start our day at 6:30am to listen to Chris Parker's weather forecast on the SSB Radio.  We plan our days and activities accordingly.  We just spent a couple days in Man O War harbor on a mooring as a significant cold front passed over us Sunday night bringing squalls.

From our stay at Spanish Cay, we headed south to Green Turtle Cay.  There we waited several days for weather.  The one place in the Abacos that can be highly weather dependent is Whale Cay Cut.  Whale Cay lies between Green Turtle Cay and Great Guana Cay.  Passing by Whale Cay requires going out of the protected water and being exposed to the ocean waves.  So we had to wait for favorable winds, which bring calm seas, so we had an uneventful and easy trip instead of worrying about waves breaking over our boat.  Once we navigated Whale Cay Cut, we were in the Sea of Abaco.  The Sea of Abaco is a protected body of water, with islands all around.  This is where we have been just hopping from one island to the next.  So far we have visited, Great Guana Cay, Man O War Cay, and Marsh harbor on Great Abaco Island.