Monday 08 March –Lee Stocking Island – White Point 35 miles.

We had some major timing issues in order to leave Lee Stocking on a rising tide. The cuts in the Bahamas, especially in the Exumas, should not be attempted in adverse conditions. An ebbing tide and on-shore winds can create nasty standing waves in the cuts. The cuts are generally also quiet narrow so it can be a bit hairy to get in and out.

We had to leave Lee Stocking close to high due to our draft and we wanted to exit the cut close to slack tide, at the same time we wanted to enter cave Cay cut close to slack tide. High tide was at 14:00. Left Lee stocking at 11:30 passed thru the cut at 12:00 and made Cave Cay at a perfect time of 14:00. Yehhhhaaaa!

We had planned to anchor inside Cave Cay or maybe Musha Cay but when we got there, we thought the island looked kind of boring. We had great conditions for a sail on the banks so we promptly decided to keep on keeping on and had a fantastic beam reach up to White Point. Dropped the hook in a pristine anchorage around 16:30 and celebrated with cocktails and a steak dinner

Sunset at White Point...



Squally times...