We had only planned to stay in Old Bahama Bay a few days, but it was real comfortable there and a few days quickly turned into ten. We had fun, did some projects and it was time to move on.

We motored north about 30 minutes then entered “Indian Rock Cut”. This was quite a shock, as we went from water 50 meters deep to water 2-3 meters deep. FYI we draw 1.6 meters, yikes. The crystal clear water did not look deep enough. Cathie spotted a hammer head shark, that was real neat to see, but I’m glad we haven’t seen any more sharks. This water, “the Bahama banks” is very thin as I mentioned, 2-3 meters deep. Land is often not in sight, so all we can really do is follow the chart and have faith in the depth sounder.

It was a hot day, smooth, calm and clear water, so after not seeing any more hammer heads, we decided to stop and go for a swim, very refreshing.

Once back on Catnip and ready to continue on, I was a little turned around. It took a bit to get my bearings as Catnip had rotated while we were swimming. We had not noticed this as there was no nearby land mark, only the fireball in the sky.

Once we got our bearings by using our electronic charts, not the sextant, we were motoring again towards our destination, Sail Cay. We arrived just before sunset, dropped the hook, enjoyed a delicious dinner and watched the sunset. Check it out below.