It’s Friday morning and we are tied up the dock at Over Yonder Cay. \u00a0You may recall that we had visited this private island once before about two years ago. \u00a0 The island is private and available for charter. \u00a0Fortunately, we are friends with the owner Ed, so visiting on Pandora is possible.<\/p>\n
We were particularly excited about seeing Ethan and Jamie who work on the island. \u00a0They were newly weds when we visited last time and now have growing family. \u00a0Very exciting. \u00a0We will be having them to dinner aboard Pandora tonight. \u00a0It will be a fun to catch up.<\/p>\n
The run from Nassau here is a bit over 75 miles, a pretty good distance, but we did it in a single day on Pandora with a stiff breeze that peaked at near 30kts as we arrived yesterday afternoon. \u00a0I \u00a0was so pleased to have the bow thruster as I maneuvered up to the dock in such strong winds.<\/p>\n
The wind was from the north so our run was a beam to broad reach the whole way. \u00a0We were blasting along at nearly 10kts much of the time. \u00a0 What a thrill. \u00a0 This video gives you a feel of now stable Pandora is at speed, even with a pretty good chop on the banks.