SeaZen

We left Warderick Wells eight days ago and we were on route to Hawksbill Key. The weather was a little rough and the waves were on the beam for about 1 hour. Everything was great; sailing down we were making 7-8 knots under jig and jigger. (Head sail with the mizzen.) We were sailing so fast! The trip was 15 miles we made that going just on the sails. No motor! We got to Hawksbill Key and got a mooring in the south anchorage. The night was a little rough but we slept through it. The next morning we were up with the sun and we are traveling with our friends Dee & Ed on Sea Fox 10(x). They are nice folks. They are 67 (Dee) 71 (Ed). This is year 7 out 0f the 5 year plan and they are going for it. The morning was crisp and the coral heads were hard to see so we took it slow. We got out put the sails up and away we went.

Around the middle of the trip mom was down below and dad needed help jibing the boat. I said “Jibe,” and dad started I had to haul in the mainsail boom, and then let it out again to make it switch sides. The next thing was to swing the head sail over. I let out one side then started pulling in the other. The jibe was complete and I was spent. It was hard work. I had to do that one more time to get on course.

We pulled into Nassau and went to a marina called The Nassau Harbor Club. We tied off and went to help Ed and Dee a few minutes later. We helped them and they were right next to us and it was a fun night, for me at least. I gamed all night long!!!!! The next day we went to the downtown straw market and looked around. Mom bought a few things and so did Dee. Then we went to the Main ST ice cream parlor. The ice cream was soooooooo good. The bus was different from the American buses that I’m used to. Everything is different, the environment in the bus, the bus it’s self just everything.

We got back to the boat and had a movie time with Ed and Dee. We watched the movie, This Is It. It was about the show that Michel Jackson was going to do before he died. It was just an amazing movie, just all of it, in every way. The show would have been magnificent!!!

We went back to the Straw Market again and did some business. We went for another ice cream and everything was just the way a normal day goes.

We left Nassau the next day and it was really early in the morning, around 6:00 I would say. The entrance to Nassau was a little bumpy. The weather said that the waves were going to mellow out and they did!!! Later in the day you would think you were in the ICW again. It was so flat there was only a little bit of wave action. We had a nice sail to the Grand Bahama Banks.  Were we dropped anchor to spend the night. It was got wavy really wavy! We got up and had a rocky and rolly day to Bimini where we are now. We have had two dinners with our friends Dee & Ed outside on the picnic tables at the marina. Ed caught a BIG Mutton snapper and we have been having that for dinner. Both nights! I think there is a Wahoo (a fish that can get up to 6 ft long ) is in Bimini harbor. I have met some kids and they left this morning.

Early tomorrow morning we are leaving for the States. We had a great time in the Bahamas. We are sailing into Fort Lauderdale or Lake Worth. Ed and Dee are crossing on Sea Fox X ( 10 ). I don’t want to go home but I miss everyone. I’m in the mud, don’t know which way to turn.