It was incredibly bittersweet to leave Green Turtle after making it our home for over a month. We even had a dog friend who adopted us and joined us for our morning walks at Gillam Bay. We started to see the same people over and over, and we started to get to know some of the business owners. But as much as I loved Green Turtle, it was time to move on and explore somewhere new.
Before we left, we made sure to get in a few last things. We finally got to try a Goombay Smash at Miss Emily’s Blue Bee Bar (where the drink was invented), had our final breakfast at the liquor store, our final provisioning run, and said our goodbyes on the dock. We had an easy dock departure, and I made sure to pause and take it all in as I was putting the lines and fenders away.
Our trip to Great Guana Cay took us through The Whale and out to open ocean, and it was a beautiful day for it. We had mostly 2-3′ rollers with some bigger 6’s in there from time to time – occasionally the boat behind us would be hull-down in a trough. But they were spaced out so much that it didn’t feel at all uncomfortable, and I LOVED getting to shoot that stunning blue water and the waves breaking on Whale Cay.
We dropped anchor in Fishers Bay with our friends on Island Dream. We decided to meet up and head in to Grabbers, and we had a super fun evening (even if those Grabbers snuck up on us!). On our way in, we saw a bunch of sea turtles, and while we were sitting on the beach, we saw a shark circling around out by our dinghies.
I admit I wasn’t in the best shape of my life on Sunday morning, but once we were under way, I felt much better. We had a stunning sail to Elbow Cay in 20-25kts of breeze, and the color of the water was absolutely amazing. I can’t think of a better way to spend the day, even if it was yet another sail to windward. (Some say gentlemen don’t sail to windward… if we followed that mantra, we’d never sailI!) Jack hated every second of the sail, and I felt bad for him, but it’s good to get him used to being out there again.
We have a slip at Lighthouse Marina here in Hope Town, which isn’t staffed on Sunday, and we debated whether to come into the dock or anchor out given the wind, but our friends came by to give us a hand. There was a fuel barge in, which made getting into our slip a bit of a challenge, but we managed with only a brief, soft grounding (we were able to just power through the sand). We’re literally right next to the lighthouse, and as a lighthouse nut, I couldn’t be happier, and I can’t wait to see what Elbow Cay has in store.
