Motored from Peck Lake to Vero Beach Marina and got a slip overnight.
Century Club: Wally Parolari
Sunday, April 5, 2020
Number of days:
1 day
Left Lake Worth and motored to Peck Lake in rain and severe weather alarms on the VHF. Ran aground twice trying to anchor in a crowd. After anchoring, had a quick visit from northbound friends from Reble Marina in Norfolk.
Saturday, April 4, 2020
Number of days:
1 day
Motored across Gulf Stream in calm conditions to Lake Worth and anchored off Palm Beach Sailing Club. Cleared in with CBP using the Roam Application with no interview and no problems at 6PM on a Saturday!
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 to Friday, April 3, 2020
Number of days:
3 days
Front came through at 7AM with rain and wind but no lightening. We stayed at anchor for 3 days waiting for a gulf stream crossing opportunity. Went for a dinghy rides each day but did not set foot on land. Again, the normally bustling area was like a ghost town. It was pretty sureal to think about the impact of the recent hurricanes and noe the virus was having on the locals. After talking to Chris Parker, we decided to leave early AM for Lake Worth to take advantage of a short weather window.
Monday, March 30, 2020 to Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Number of days:
2 days
Forcast was for no wind and we wanted to time our arrival at Lucaya for daylight so we left Spanish Wells around 10:30 AM and motored throughout the day toward Lucaya. Around dusk, saw a pod of pilot whales that were pretty neat. Continued motoring overnight and arrived off Lucaya at first light. Went in through Bell Channel and stopped at Grand Bahama Yacht Club to try to get a slip for a couple of days to wait out a frontal passage and top off fuel. Yes on the fuel but no on the slip. Current Government guidelines say no new arrivals and no going ashore. Reading the order, it was questionable whether we were even allowed to depart the Bahamas! We searched all around for a sheltered spot to anchor that wouldn't make our presence obvious to the RBDF guys to no avail. Several other boats had gotten there first! We ultimatly anchored just inside Bell Channel off Pelican Bay Resort and had no problems with law enforcement.
Sunday, March 29, 2020
Number of days:
1 day
Left anchorage early and sailed short distance to Meeks Patch and anchored. Went to shore in the dinghy to take Patti for her run and try to get fuel for the rpojected Light and variable conditions headed back toward the West End of Grand Bahama and then the U.S. No fuel – Spanish Wells was like a ghost town being Sunday on top of the Covid lockdown! Decided we had enough fuel to make it to Lucaya under power if needed and decided to leave early the next morning.
Saturday, March 28, 2020
Number of days:
1 day
Left Alabaster Bay and sailed up the coast to the Glass Window area and anchored to go ashore for a quick tour of the bridge and blow hole. Returned to Makaira and set off across the sound to transit Current Cut in favorable current. Approaching the cut conditions were a bit choppy but with wind and current both headed west, the cut was like an escalator! Right after clearing the cut, we turned north and anchored off the settlement beach.
Friday, March 27, 2020
Number of days:
1 day
Left Rock Sound at 10AM and sailed to Alabaster Bay at 7kts in East winds of 15-20kts. Arrived at 2:30 and anchored in sand near shore after failing to set on rocky ground further out. Pretty poor holding...
Thursday, March 26, 2020
Number of days:
1 day
Stayed at Rock Sound, went ashore to take Patti running and visit the BTC store. Also went to the Market.
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Number of days:
1 day
Left Emerald Rock mooring at 9:30 AM and exited Wardrick Cut bound for Rock Sound. Sailed in South wind at 12 kts most of the trip then wind dropped to 8kts as we approached the sound. Anchored up near the Frigate Beach bar again at 4PM. In the company of three friends and 30 other boats.