Acklins Island to George Town

Hi everyone,

We're now anchored off Stocking Island opposite George Town on Great Exuma Island.  We had a good passage with winds varying from light to moderate from ENE to ESE.  A nice beam reach with occasional periods of broad reaching.

Another Bahamian Sunset

Here are the usual plots..

Track

Arrival Track (note the number of vessels!)

Graphs

Here are the vital statistics...

• Distances/Speeds
• Route Distance = 140nm
• Log Distance = 146nm
• Track Distance = 142nm
• Duration = 27 hours
• Average boat speed = 5.4kt
• Average ground speed = 5.3kt
• Minimum boat speed = 2.5 kt
• Maximum boat speed = 7.2 kt
• Weather
• Minimum wind speed = 4kt
• Average wind speed = 12kt
• Maximum wind speed = 14kt (gusts to 19kt)
• Apparent wind angle range = 80 to 130
• Seas up to 1m
• Swell negligible
• Mostly clear sky with scattered small cumulus
• Engine
• Total = <1 hour

The very light wind patch lasted for about 3 hours yesterday afternoon.  And we sailed slowely through the pass into Elizabeth Harbour under reefed main only for about an hour.  Given this I reckon we did pretty well on our average speed.

Coming into Elizabeth Harbour involves some dodging of bombies.  But they're well charted and we had 0.5m of tide above chart datum to help.

Middle Channel Rocks

Heading west towards to the anchorages

Overall it was a very pleasant sail.  The full moon was spectacular.  A couple of huge cruise ships passed by, looking like Christmas trees.  And Zen Again trucked along nicely throughout.

Looking forward to exploring Stocking Island and George Town this week.