We left Big Major on Feb. 15, heading south a grand total of 9nm to Black Point. The wind was blowing from the east / south east – in the 20 knots range. It was great leaving Big Major – we had the jib and mizzen deployed and working well. We were moving along nicely with the wind behind us. When we turned the corner to head south east to Black Point, the wind was more upwind (which we don’t sail well). We had a great sail but not quite in the right direction. We ended up taking our sails down and motoring into the anchorage at Black Point.
Black Point is definitely one of our favourite places in the Exumas. It’s a small settlement that has managed to keep a true Bahamian flavour while providing good facilities for cruisers. They have one of the best laundries in the Bahamas where you can wash your clothes; buy supplies at the little store; have a shower; get your hair cut; have a wonderful Bahamian bbq and if you walk over to Lorraine’s Cafe, you can get a beer!! We spent our day today doing laundry and Mark got a haircut. We also bought the BBQ lunch that we took back to the boat – it was very good!!
The anchorage is quite large and by the end of today, there’s probably 50 boats here. It’s really cool being part of a community of cruisers all anchored in this lovely bay. As night falls, all the masthead lights come on. The harbour is full of lights both on the water and on shore. It’s very hard to explain how peaceful it is to be here with all these boats. We are so fortunate to be here!!
We’ll be hanging around Black Point for another week. Evelyn and Caroline arrive at Staniel Cay on Feb. 27th. We’ll head back up there the end of next week. Until then, we’ll enjoy this wonderful spot!!
Crimson Kathryn and her crew 