This was a 50 nm leg that we planed to pull off in daylight. We woke up, then brought the anchor up, then got the sails up. Yes, we were all up for this one.

The trip was going quite well,.., but it was a bit of a race trying to beat the darkness to our anchorage. We didn’t really factor in taking the sails down, navigating more shallow water, and having to go to a second more protected spot to anchor, but we did win the race and were rewarded with a beautiful sunset.

The following morning we were up earlier to start our 45nm trip to George Town. We do learn from our experiences, and did not want to pull into George Town at sunset. It’s tricky enough in daylight.

The next morning we had our coffee on shore so Sequoia could continue with her exercise program. She has quite a routine. Swimming, digging, high speed running, some stretching and rolling, then repeat. She will do 3-5 sets.

We were back on board at a respectable 8:00 AM. The trip to George Town is on the outside the Bahama bank, so through a cut, then we are in the Exuma Sound. Lots of water, hundreds of meters deep, ahhh, exhale.

It was kind of a head wind to George Town, we started off tacking into it, and we were doing quite well, but from previous experience we knew the sun was going to set again this evening and better to be at anchor before this meteorological phenomenon happens. After doing some quick math, and analyzing the results it was decided, best to start our engines.

We arrived well before sunset, just had to point that out. We navigated the 8nm into the anchorage area, dropped the hook, and this time watched the full sunset from beginning to end.

George Town was only a two night stay, provisions, fuel, trip to chandlery and a nice swim. Then time to plan our next leg, to Mathew Town.