12/8/06 Little Major’s Spot to Big Major’s Spot

 

Mileage:  4.3 miles

Time:  56 minutes

Average SOG:  5 mph

 

9:47:28 AM                1.4 mi 0:15:13           5 mph 170° true        N24 11.463 W76 27.207

10:02:41 AM              1.0 mi 0:15:14           4 mph 320° true        N24 10.295 W76 26.988

10:17:55 AM              270 ft  0:15:37           0.2 mph 71° true        N24 10.972 W76 27.606

10:33:32 AM              42 ft     0:09:57           0.0 mph 295° true     N24 10.987 W76 27.561

10:43:29 AM                                                                                      N24 10.990 W76 27.567

 

Expecting 20+ knots sustained wind and with too much surge for 18-knot, we moved to the lee side of Big Major’s Spot.   The anchorage has much better protection from the NE winds.

 

During the afternoon, we visited the “wild pigs” of Big Major’s.  "Wild"…they may not be living on a farm, they may be subsistence surviving on the island…but they are as tame as any domesticated pig Katie ever raised.  You can scratch their side and they plop over onto the sand for a belly rub.  They are so used to boaters; they actually swim out to approaching dinghies, hoping for food.   I could not resist the opportunity to get up close and personal.  You can take the girl off the farm, but you cannot take the farm out of the girl J

 

We celebrated Steve’s 57^th birthday with a dinner ashore at the Fowl Cay Resort. At $75/person, we expected quite a meal.  Although the food was sub-par, we had an enjoyable time chatting with resort guests and managers.  The dinghy ride home to the boat was windy and wet.  The big blow has arrived.  Sustained winds at 10PM are around 25 knots.  The wind generators are cranking out energy and we will definitely need earplugs to sleep tonight.