White-tailed Tropicbirds
We finally decide to move on and leave Cambridge Cay. Watching the weather forecasts, we found some windows for crossing the banks and starting our progress home. We picked Shroud Cay as our jump-off point from Exumas to Nassau. Today we sailed from Cambridge Cay to Shroud Cay.
We made it back out the channel from Cambridge Cay without hitting the reefs, then turned out the big channel toward the Banks. The wind was NNE at 15-20 knots, but we could sail with a reefed main and Genoa. We averaged about 7-8 knots over the ground and the wind increased to 20-22 knots gusting to 26. We increased our reefs and continued on.
We furled the Genoa as we turned into Shroud Cay. We anchored close to shore and were greeted by a single White-tailed Tropicbird. I did not see any more of the birds that evening, but in the morning we were treated with an aerial display of several Tropicbirds. Photo below.
We only stayed one night before heading off to Nassau.