It’s been a whirlwind start to this sailing season – lots of good north wind moved us south at a good pace! We arrived in the Bahamas on November 29th and the plan is to leave Clarence Town at 6 am Jan. 15!! The on and off again crossing window has reappeared with good north/northeast wind that should move us along nicely for a roughly 28 hour sail to Turks & Caicos. We should arrive at Southside Marina, T&C by 10am January 16th (nice way to celebrate my birthday 🎉).
Our stay here in the Clarence Town harbour has had its ups and downs (and rolls, rolls, rolls). During our 7 day visit we explored areas we hadn’t seen before and we met some nice sailors on boats near us. We had one beach get together with a French Canadian couple who have lived in Connecticut for the past 30 years but are now wanting to return to Canada! We did a bit of fresh produce shopping with limited success. Most of all we spent the time watching the wind (via our wind apps on our devices) and being rolled back and forth by the incoming swell! I certainly won’t miss that motion.
As far as boat jobs go, we did very few – we really needed a break from jobs. Mark focused on fixing minor leaks!! Mark fixed one of these minor leaks in the aft head hoses by tightening the hose claps. We discovered a small leak in our watermaker system after our second time making water so Mark did a repair on that! And lastly, Mark worked on a slow diesel leak we have on the engine. Hopefully today’s fix will stop that pesky leak.
This is our last day (and night) in the Bahamas. It’s been a great 7 seasons of exploration – visiting most of the island chains over that time. Now we head for the Caribbean!! More blue water and white sandy beaches to come. First stop Turks and Caicos.
Crimson Kathryn and her crew 