January 16, 2017
8:15- Steve figured he would try a little fishing this morning at high tides. Within 5 minutes, he caught two small fish and then released them. He later tried again, and caught a few more.
9:30am- Steve noticed a boat in trouble while we were fishing so we put down the dinghy quickly and he rushed to the boat. The sailboat's motor stopped so Steve and another guy towed the boat to a dock. They were from Halifax.
11:00am- we are off the mooring and on to our next adventure.
What a gorgeous sunset.
6:00pm- Terry and John joined us for a pasta meal. John serenaded us with playing guitar. What a lovely evening.
January 17, 2017
7:00am- Interesting how windy it is at night and in the morning it is so calm. It is so peaceful to be anchored rather than in a marina. The stars are just amazing when there is no light around.
Woke up to a gorgeous sunrise.
Steve did some fishing, I painted while making water.
12:30pm- Left Green Turtle Cay and anchored at Man jack Cay. What a gorgeous island. There was a gorgeous trail running thru the island which brought you to another beautiful isolated beach. They had chicken and roosters running around.
2:00pm- Arrived at Man jack Cay. It was funny to see gorgeous chickens and rooster running around the island.
After exploring the island, we went for a ride in the dinghy and explore along the shoreline. It was mostly rocky, cave like structures. After doing some reading, I found out that it is made of limestone.
A little bit of history
The Bahama Banks were built of calcium carbonate over a period of 200 million years; they now tower about 1 1/2 miles above the floor of the sea. The calcium carbonate was extracted from the sea in a variety of ways, including the growth and death of shell fish, the growth of coral reefs, and the creation of colitis sand. The present islands were built up higher than the rest of the banks when sea level was up to 100' higher than it is today. When the earth cooled and the polar ice caps re-formed, sea level declined leaving the limestone islands.
So beautiful. While motoring in our dinghy, we would see the odd turtle swimming under water along with star fishes.
4:30pm- While I started making dinner, Steve did some fishing. I lost track of the amount of small fish which he caught today. One of the locals told him to cut my hem up for bait. Sometimes you can catch bigger fish.
We stayed out and watched one of the best sunsets. It was spread out so far and looked like the sky was painted. The stars are incredible because it is so dark. Gorgeous night with no wind.
8:00pm- we watched Spanglish which John and Terry lent us.
10:00pm- Steve put out a fishing line out earlier with the bait and decided to check it before going to bed. He started laughing as he pulled up a crab. As he was showing me, it fell in the water. Can't wait to see what is at the end of the line tomorrow morning.
January 18, 2017
2:30am- Steve got up to check his fishing line to see if there was a fish at the end. No luck so back to bed.
7:00am- Woke up this morning and there was no wind.
8:00am - Time to motor through the Whale Passage. Steve decided to put out two fishing lines.
9:00am- How ironic that we got two fish at the same time on the reels. I was reeling one in and Steve the other. He managed to get an 18 ft Mutton snapper and the other might have been a blue runner but we are not sure.
11:00pn- Started going by the Whale Passage. It wasn't bad except for long huge swells but there was no wind to worry about it.
Information about the Whale Passage
The Abacos has a pretty effective dividing line at Whale Cay. If your boat has a draft of four feet or more and you want to move between the northern and southern Abacos, you must use the Whale Cay Channel. Our boat has a draft of 5.6. This channel takes you from the placid Sea of Abaco, out around Whale Cay and into the Atlantic Ocean. On a good day, you spend the next 2.5 miles going south in the ocean and then duck back into the Sea of Abaco to enjoy the sheltered southern Abacos. But the Whale Cay Cut is fairly shallow (only about 12 feet) and, on a bad day, when the wind has been blowing out of the North for any length of time, the ocean waves get larger and larger and start breaking across the cut, making for a potentially hazardous passage. Note: To see how awful it can get in the Whale Cay Cut, google Whale Cay Cut in a rage (images). It is the most challenging part of the Abaco's for cruisers.
You can see the waves pounding on Whale Cay from a distance.
There was at least a dozen boats following us clearly wanting to take advantage of the good weather. It was funny to see them all lined up.
The water was so turquoise. Amazing!
12:00pm- Arrived at Treasured Cay and managed to get a free mooring.
It was amazing as we were entering the channel.
Dolphins were greeting us by swimming under and beside our boat. How cool is than.
Dolphins were greeting us by swimming under and beside our boat. How cool is than.
Dolphins swimming along side the boat
1;30Pm- We stayed on a mooring for $30.00/ night and that included using their pool, showers and facilities. We went to the beach swimming and layed in the sun for a while. What a beautiful 12 mile long walking beach. The sand was so fine.
3;00pm- Steve then went swimming in the fresh water pool.
Went back to the boat to pick up a few things and then went back inland to take a shower.
5:00pm- Went for happy hour drinks....Bahama Mama's of course. The good thing is that is wasn't crowded at all. It is so peaceful.
6:30pm- It was time to fry up the fish we caught and enjoy our feast of Omega. It was so delicious. Can't get fish any fresher. 
Watch one of the most beautiful sunsets. It looked like the sky was on fire. What a great way to end a fantastic day!
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