January 23, 2014
After 2 1/2 weeks we finally left Black Sound on Green Turtle Cay this morning. We really like Green Turtle/New Plymouth and thoroughly enjoyed our stay, but it was time to move on.
A moderate cold front passed through Tuesday/Wednesday and the wind lay down nicely today. We left about 2 hours before high tide and had no depth problems leaving Black Sound.
This trip features exiting the Abaco Sea and entering the Atlantic via the Whale Cay Cut. This is necessary due to an extensive shoal that blocks travel inside to all but shoal draft vessels. Although there was little wind or seas inside, the Atlantic had a 5+' NE swell that made the cut 'lively'. Periodically there would be breaking seas on either side of the best water when the wave set was unusually large, but we went through with the basic 5' swell. You then come back in to the Abaco Sea near Baker's Bay. As with all cuts in the Bahamas, this can be a very nasty transit and we were thankful for a relatively smooth passage.
We are current moored in the Northern Harbor at Man-O-War Cay. This is an interesting cay, with a shipyard (Edwin's) and a boat builder (Albury's). Our stay here will likely be much shorter than Green Turtle and we will likely move down to Hopetown on Monday or Tuesday.
Tom
Moored Man-O-War Cay, Abaco
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