Another Adventure:S/V "MEGERIN": Miami to Nassau in 28 hours

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Miami to Nassau in 28 hours

We left No Name harbor last Thursday at 6:30 AM and had S-SW winds at 10-15 kts. boosting us across the Gulf Stream past the island of Bimini around 2 PM. We now were on the Bahama banks, which are only about 15-20 feet deep - quite a change from the depths of over 2000 feet in the stream. Water color was beautiful but pretty soon - NIGHTFALL - and it was one of the darkest we have seen - it was like being in a black tunnel for 12 hrs. Lucky for us we were following our friends Ginny and Jesse on Winddust & they had done this before plus had better radar and other technology (AIS) to avoid any ships out there. Daylight arrived just as we were to maneuver an area called "The Tongue of the Ocean" (don"t ask - I don't know). Arriving in Nassau was pretty easy - and the mega resort of Atlantis was a big landmark. Many cruise ships and mega yachts here. We walked to Atlantis to check it out - amazing - then went to the British colonial Hotel where we sent our honeymoon. Grocery stores not well stocked here due to delay of supply ships and loss of power to meat coolers but we are already well provisioned. A few days in a marina has erased the fatigue and remnants of sea sickness so now we are headed further into the Exuma island chain, heading for a place called Waldrick Wells.