Night sail to the Bahamas.. We got out early pulled anchor and battoned down the hatches for our sail. It was nice weather and i was excited to see Miami go. Our sail was very good the stars were shining and we were excited to take off. We had dinner with Dan and Ally watched the “worlds fastest indian” movie and headed back to boat to take off. Steve let me sleep a bit and i came out to help him when he needed it because we had both sails out and the wind was pushing us to the islands :-). It was calm water and a great sail, i was happy i know that. The gulf stream can be a beast if you go at the wrong time. The water was so beautiful as we begin to make our way closer to the islands, we could see Gun Cay and Cat Cay(pronounced cat key). The breakwaters in the inlet rocked us like a ball rolling back and forth but once on the other side it was calm. I could see through the water all the way to the bottom. We motored the boat into CC and Steve and Dan went in to register us and make us legal in the Bahamas. Well Cat Cay is a private island and very very exclusive, they wanted 100 dollars just to tie up while we registered. We couldnt ride the dinghy in to register you had to sail boat in. NOT! We went to gun key and anchored out (the key next to CC), i dropped the anchor and Steve got ready to go to Bimini (about 8 miles away by dinghy). The dinghy is faster than the sailboat so it is easier to do that. I put on my bathing suit and got into the water (soooo clear), Steve threw me a snorkel and mask and I headed to the shore snorkeling all the way. It was about i guess 75-100 ft away and saw 2 barracuda and one pretty parrot fish. It watched me as i swam above him and turned to continue watching me as i swam, but the barracudas watched and one swam away and the other followed me for about 20 feet swimming behind and around me. Surprisingly i wasnt nervous, he was just curious and finally swam away. What i did not remember was to take off my shiny silver necklace which they like i guess he thought i was too big to fool with he was only 3-4 foot long. I took off all my jewelry when i got to the boat after Steve said, “maybe it was the big shiny necklace you had on”. I was told later that a nurse shark was there but i did not get to see it. They are very docile. It is the bull sharks that are here and they are aggressive. I got to the shore and did not believe the whole beach was covered in live conch (pronounced konk). They are eaten a lot here i will have to try it. I saw all kinds of snails living on rocks and the sand was lovely. I found an empty small conch shell and got ready to swim back to the boat. By this time Steve and Dan had been gone so i looked back over the water and hoped no sharks were near. 🙂 I swam/snorkeled back to the boat did not see any more fish just underwater conch, climbed back on to the boat and got dry. I am loving this! The clear water with the sun bouncing in beautiful glittery spots off the crystal clear azure blue sea green water. Steve cam back and we hung out on boat watching the water and just enjoying the view. It took 3 hours to get all our legal stuff taken care of. I cooked some tacos and we sat outside and enjoyed the view. Steve fell asleep due to the fact he had been awake all night, I did relieve him but only for about 3 hours and he lay beside the helm on the cushion in case he was needed. He is a great man and a great captain. Everyone we meet here loves to talk to us.We were going to have a bonfire on the beach but Steve was so exhausted i let him sleep he slept all night. Stay tuned for more tomorrow.

CAPTAINS LOG: The breakwaters are a raging sea but you can maneuver them with patience and skill. You have to go through a little rough to get to the reward of calmer water.