{"id":2981,"date":"2014-04-14T15:15:59","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T15:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=2981"},"modified":"2014-04-14T15:17:47","modified_gmt":"2014-04-14T15:17:47","slug":"cat-island-and-favorable-winds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=2981","title":{"rendered":"Cat Island and favorable winds."},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s Monday morning and we are anchored close to a lovely beach that is several miles long in an area of Cat Island known as New Bight.\u00a0 The shoreline is very low and has a few simple, if brightly painted homes and businesses.\u00a0 It is a small settlement and very modest, as is typical of the Bahamas out-islands.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yesterday Brenda and I came here from Georgetown and made the 50 mile run after taking time to visit friends to say our goodbuys.\u00a0 It\u2019s going to be months, if not longer till we see some of them again.\u00a0 Hopefully, some will make it to our three day SSCA gam (event) in Essex in late June.\u00a0 It will be nice to see them again sooner or later. \u00a0Sooner would be better.<\/p>\n

One couple that we visited were Mark and Kathy who live aboard Corina, a 41\u2019 Manta brand catamaran.\u00a0 Yes, those funny boats with two hulls do hold a real appeal.\u00a0 They have so much room and sail flat.\u00a0 That certainly beats 25 degrees of heel aboard Pandora.\u00a0 However, that\u2019s another topic.<\/p>\n

Anyway, Mark and Kathy had spent a month in the Jumentos, a spot that we had hoped to visit but never got to this year due to the cold fronts that were coming through so often.\u00a0 One of the best parts of visiting the Jumentos is walking the beaches to see what has washed up.\u00a0 \u201cSea Beans<\/a>\u201d are a particularly special find there.\u00a0 Sea beans are the large seeds of tropical plants that wash down rivers in South America \u00a0and Africa and are carried by the currents and finally come ashore on islands in the Bahamas.\u00a0 The areas of the southern Bahamas tend to collect more of these \u201cbeans\u201d and as there are so few visitors, there are lots to be found.\u00a0 We have run into friends who have collected hundreds of these over a season. \u00a0Mark takes these beans and polishes them to make necklaces.\u00a0 And, as an added bonus, he\u2019s willing to part with them.\u00a0 Mark doesn\u2019t take money for his work, just wine.\u00a0 And what a nice trade it is.\u00a0 Brenda really wanted one of these necklaces as she had seen Mark\u2019s work on our friend Anne, of the cat Nati.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Cathy is also very talented, and with sea glass she picks up along the way, makes very pretty earrings.\u00a0 Happily, Brenda was able to get a very nice \u201cmatching\u201d set of earrings and sea bean necklass. \u00a0The “bean” is called a “hamburger bean” as it has a light stripe with dark sides. \u00a0Very pretty. \u00a0Happy Brenda.\u00a0\"\"<\/a>The downside of all the goodbyes was that we left a couple of hours later than we should have to make the run to Cat.\u00a0 50 miles is a long run to make in a single day and it turned out that while we were able to get to Cat while it was still light out, the sun was setting as we dropped anchor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While we were able to sail much of the way. we were hard on the wind most of the time, and with a few squalls passing us, we had to contend with some major wind shifts that made sailing impossible for part of the run.\u00a0 All and all, we had a good run but a long day none the less.\u00a0 Unfortunately, Brenda was feeling a bit seasick as the swells were running pretty high, especially in the beginning, so it wasn\u2019t a great run for her.\u00a0 And frankly, I don\u2019t particularly like sailing hard on the wind either.<\/p>\n

However, as we dropped the anchor close to shore we were treated to a beautiful sunset and, as an added plus, a lovely moon rise. \u00a0\u00a0\"\"<\/a>And a lovely moon rise in the eastern twilight. \u00a0I understand that there will be a partial eclipse of the moon tonight.\u00a0 That will be neat.\"\"<\/a><\/span>Today Brenda and I will likely do a bit of beach combing and perhaps exploring in \u201ctown\u201d, such as it is.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Our friends on Kaloonamoo, Bill and Maureen, are joining us here as they are currently underway from Georgetown..<\/p>\n

Perhaps we\u2019ll also head up to Father Gerome\u2019s place nearby with them on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Happily, it looks like we will have several days of settled weather here so we will be able to relax and enjoy the solitude here at Cat Island for a bit.\u00a0 Last year, when we visited, we had to run for cover ahead of a wind shift after only two nights.\u00a0 Perhaps our luck will hold this year for a longer stay.<\/p>\n

Fingers crossed\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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