We anchored and checked to see if we could pick up some wireless internet from the shore, but no luck. The weather seemed right to actually sail over to islands just north of the chain of Exuma Islands. So, we left the dinghy lashed to the foredeck, cooked some canned food onboard and went to bed early. At 7AM we weighed anchor and put up our sails to sail out of the Nassau Harbor and north east to Fleeming Cut and Finley Cay. Here’s a picture of the little Nassau lighthouse as we left the harbor. And here is John setting out his fishing line.
We had a terrific day of sailing—almost 10 hours of perfect sailing. Finley Cay seemed to be the best place to anchor for the night, so we furled the sails and motored around a bit looking for a shallow spot with no wave surge. You cannot sail up to Finley Cay because it’s surrounded by sandy banks that become dry at low tide. The best we could tell from our anchorage, Finley Cay was just a big rock (sorry about that Fin). We ate supper onboard again and went to bed in the calm seas with no other boats around. Later that night things changed and our calm anchorage turned into a rockin’ and rollin’ anchorage. We stayed put—well, there was no place else to go—and we were ready to head south first thing in the morning.
Once again we had to motor as we went directly into the wind. The weather reports were sounding grim with a front coming and high winds with squalls predicted for the next week. Norman’s Cay looked like a good place to hide from the weather. Also, we had been there before and knew that there was internet available at the Beach Club Restaurant (formerly McDuffs). We also knew this restaurant to make mighty good cheese burgers and conch burgers. Hopefully, none of this had changed since our last visit to Norman’s Cay three years ago. Yes, indeed, our hopes were high.
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