As Good as it Gets

OK – you can be jealous now – this is as good as it gets! (And we’d love to share it with you).

We spent two days in Great Harbour Cay Marina – doing the usual boat jobs, and a few unusual ones (fixing a leaking stuffing box, straightening the radar scanner, etc.). We also ate fresh conch salad both days, visited the little nearby village by dinghy, biked to a gorgeous empty beach and generally kicked back after several rough passages.

Then, yesterday, a perfect 4-hour, blue-sky sail (with no motor) at 7 knots (fast for us) in 20 knots of wind, took us to the most beautiful harbour we’ve ever seen. It’s called “Devil’s Cay”, on the Bahama Bank – and with only three other boats in sight, we’ve been drifting on our anchor in perfect turquoise water, with white sand beaches all around.

Today, after a swim/bath in the still-cold ocean off the back of the boat (hardy Canadians :0), and a pancake brunch, we dinghied to a near-by “blue hole” – amazingly deep, several shades of blue, and harbouring huge sea turtles that came to the surface to breathe every now and then. A cave below, with stalactites and stalagmites, provided a gathering spot for us to visit with two young French Canadians who were also there to see the sights.

We finished this gorgeous day with a visit to an iconic beach with palm trees, crashing surf, coconuts there for the picking, several beach chairs(!) and no one else in sight.

A flaming sunset off the stern of Sea Change greeted us on our return, as did a couple in a near-by boat whom we had befriended at the last stop, and with whom we shared drinks and snacks last evening. We wished each other a good sail to Nassau tomorrow, and went below to eat dinner – so grateful for having this experience in our lives!