Monday, December 16, 2019
Cave Cay, Bahamas
23.54.111N
76.16.179W


I’ll bet you’re wondering why we moved.  Particularly after I went into great detail to explain why we were looking for a place to tuck into for the 20kt blow expected today.  Well,  . . .  that’s because this morning’s weather indicated that an even stronger front (expecting 30-40kt winds) is behind this one. 


Last night, the winds picked up and started howling through the rigging as expected.  After sundown, even more boats came in and anchored (a couple really, really close).  We noticed that one of the ones that anchored near us was gone when we got up at 6:15. We had watched as they anchored and it appeared that they were having difficulties but considering their size, we figured that they were insured, so we went to sleep.  They were the boat gone this morning, so we’re not sure if they continued to have problems or not. 


As I said, Chris (the weather guru) flat said that the weather in our area was going to be “miserable,” so we consulted our charts and concluded that we could make little hops first thing each morning to make our way further south instead of being pinched in by every boat trying to find a hidey hole to wait out the storm and hoping they anchored securely.  We hoisted anchor about 7:50am and headed here anchoring at 1:30pm in 20-25kt winds under bare pole.  It was sloppy to be sure but no worse than crossing the Bank earlier this month.  We know that tomorrow the winds are expected to die down some but that on Wednesday, they are to be their lowest.  We are now positioned to leave early on Wednesday morning to make Georgetown by mid-afternoon when the showers and winds once again start to play havoc with our plans. 


On the “guess what we saw” side of the equation, we are anchored to the west of Cave Cay and a little to the northeast of Musha Cay.  According to our cruse book, David Copperfied owns Musha Cay and has cabanas that he rents out for $42K per night with a 4 night minimum.  Dale commented that it insures privacy at that rate! 


On Cave Cay itself, although it too is a private island, there is a marina that is open to the public.  Supposedly it offers, slips, fuel, water and WiFi but it is well hidden.  Unless you have a chart or cruising guide, you can’t see it from the water.  We might go exploring there tomorrow just to see what it looks like as we have another night to cool our jets.  (No cleaning the bottom here as the current is too strong.)