Nassau to Shroud Cay, Bahamas

We made a point to wake early and listen to the weather at 6:30am.  There was a small craft advisory and they advised people to stay put.  They said it was extremely rough with seas of 6-8 feet and swells in excess of 12 feet.  Where we were, it looked wonderful!  Since we were headed across the banks and not out into the deep, open water, we decided to venture out regardless of the weather prediction.  We thought if things got too rough, we would turn and head back to the sheltered waters.  What an awesome decision!  We had an amazing sail across the yellow banks and into Shroud Cay.  We averaged about 6 knots and exceeded 8 knots for a while.  It was relatively calm and a VERY comfortable sail.  Glad we didn’t listen to the weather and stay put.  This was the perfect day for sailing!

Approximately 3:15pm, we were settled and anchored off the east side of Shroud Cay, sheltered nicely from the northwest winds.  It was a little “rocky” at times but overall, a nice anchorage.  Larry took the time to figure out how to bring in weather with the software on the computer … over his short wave radio!  Amazing!  No Internet or anything and he can hook up his little short wave receiver to our computer and pull in all sorts of weather charts.  If you listen to it, it’s just humming, chirping and other weird noises but the computer interprets that “noise” into actual charts we can read!  Weather (or lack of knowing the weather) was one of my biggest concerns.  Larry … you’re my hero!