Crossing the Great Bahama Bank
On February 20th we travelled along with friends on 3 other boats, round North Rock and out to Mackie Shoal on the Bahama bank. L25 4l.00'N, Lo 78 39.00'W. Here we spent the night anchored in 11 feet of water over 40 miles from the nearest land - truly an awesome experience.
On route we sighted a large number of flying fish, as well as a pod of brownish coloured dolphins (some large, some small). The dolphins had their "seaworld" leaps down very well and happily entertained us. A small yellow bird paid us a surprise visit, as it rested awhile on our life lines before heading off again.
We gathered for dinner on board the trawler "Oliver Plunkett" and marvelled at the unending expanse of sea and stars that surrounded us.
Our conversation in the quiet of that starry night was to wonder why we 8, who came together as strangers, should be witness to the shipwreck of the Coronado as we awaited our time to move on, in Bimini. We were anxious to learn any lessons it showed us.
After a rather bouncy night in the sea swells we said our good byes to Nicole and Jacques from Montreal on their trawler, "Oliver Plunkett" and they set their course for Bullock's Harbour.
The 3 sailboats, us, Blind Faith and Tsunami set sail on the 45 mile journey to Chub Cay at the bottom of the Berry Island chain. We all found our way safely on anchor there before dark.
Today we caught our first fish by trolling a silver spoon (60 lb. test-we're optimists) off the back of the boat. After searching through everyone's guide books we came to the conclusion that it was a "Permit" fish. The name we preferred for it was "dinner".
We travelled today from a water depth of 11 feet in the Mackie shoal to over 3 kilometers in the Tongue of the Ocean. The water there was dark purple colour.
On February 20th we travelled along with friends on 3 other boats, round North Rock and out to Mackie Shoal on the Bahama bank. L25 4l.00'N, Lo 78 39.00'W. Here we spent the night anchored in 11 feet of water over 40 miles from the nearest land - truly an awesome experience.
On route we sighted a large number of flying fish, as well as a pod of brownish coloured dolphins (some large, some small). The dolphins had their "seaworld" leaps down very well and happily entertained us. A small yellow bird paid us a surprise visit, as it rested awhile on our life lines before heading off again.
We gathered for dinner on board the trawler "Oliver Plunkett" and marvelled at the unending expanse of sea and stars that surrounded us.
Our conversation in the quiet of that starry night was to wonder why we 8, who came together as strangers, should be witness to the shipwreck of the Coronado as we awaited our time to move on, in Bimini. We were anxious to learn any lessons it showed us.
After a rather bouncy night in the sea swells we said our good byes to Nicole and Jacques from Montreal on their trawler, "Oliver Plunkett" and they set their course for Bullock's Harbour.
The 3 sailboats, us, Blind Faith and Tsunami set sail on the 45 mile journey to Chub Cay at the bottom of the Berry Island chain. We all found our way safely on anchor there before dark.
Today we caught our first fish by trolling a silver spoon (60 lb. test-we're optimists) off the back of the boat. After searching through everyone's guide books we came to the conclusion that it was a "Permit" fish. The name we preferred for it was "dinner".
We travelled today from a water depth of 11 feet in the Mackie shoal to over 3 kilometers in the Tongue of the Ocean. The water there was dark purple colour.
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