Transit to Black Point, Great Guana

March 9, 2015


We left the dock at Emerald Bay Marina at around 7:00 AM on Saturday 3/7 and transited up Exuma Sound.

We had a confused 2-3' wind-driven-sea giving us a bit of a rough ride for a about 2 hours before we cleared the foot of Cat Island to the east and the seas smoothed out.

Wind was light, but on the starboard quarter and we motor-sailed with the genoa (headsail) making good time.

At around 1:30 PM, we entered Dotham Cut with about a 1 knot ebb, but with small seas from the SE our transit was relatively smooth.  This cut can have a strong rage (breaking seas) with an ebb current and significant E/NE waves.

There were about 50 boats in the harbour and we anchored farther away from the government dock than we usually do, but this keeps us farther away from the morning and evening boats that taxi workers to nearby marinas and other work sites.

Black Point is one of our favorite spots in the Exumas.  We surprised Peermon Rolle at Sunday service at Gethsemane Baptist Church and spent most of the that afternoon chatting on her porch.

Black Point Signpost

How long we will stay depends on the weather.  There is no westerly protection in the harbour here and there is the potential for a front penetrating this far within the next week - something that has not happened in a few weeks.

Tom
Anchored Black Point
Great Guana, Exuma Cays