Wed. March 11, 2015
Big Major Spot Cay
Exumas, Bahamas
We started out at 7:30 as planned from Shroud Cay heading to Black Point. We expected a bumpy ride today with high winds around 20kts and going straight into the wind again, which means not sailing but motoring. We were unable to make more than 3 or 3.5kts on average and were diving into and out of waves at about 2 sec intervals. It is tough on the motor, the boat and certainly the humans. Our slow speed caused us to change our destination. We decided it would be dark or nearly dark before we could get to Black Point so we opted for Big Major Spot which was 8 miles closer than Black Point. As we came in view of the anchorage it looked like a boat convention. Every size and type of boat was anchored in here. No point in trying to count. This appears to be an uninhabited bit of land but the sea is full of people.
We started having VHF radio problems. We could not hear anyone sometimes and others we could hear ok then we found out Mark could hear us but we could not always hear him. When VHF is your only way to communicate with the world and it does not work you feel very isolated. Lee doesn’t have a clue what to do to try to fix it. We could not get 16 to work which is the hailing channel for Mayday. I am not comfortable going out without a functional radio but there is no one here to help. Even our hand held vhf radio is not getting through.
We may be here a few days as the next 3 are predicted to have worse winds than today. Hope our water and fuel last until we can get some. Definitely not our best or most enjoyable day.
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