Last night, and for the second day in a row, our 'anchor down before nightfall' rule was violated. At around 10pm we dropped the hook on the east side of Gun Cay (8nm south of Bimini). What's amazing to us though is after only two days underway from Naples we're in the Bahamas!
Today we crossed the 55nm wide Bahama Bank from west to east. The Bank's waters average 10' deep but to a vigilant mariner appear always to be much shallower. The white sandy bottom gives the clear water a beautiful blue-green hue. Since crossing the Bank can only be done safely in a few areas we saw at least half a dozen boats following the same track as Nellie. Their company did breakup what otherwise would have been a featureless eight hour run as just water and sky inhabit this part of the Bank.
The Chub Cay Club is where Nellie's moored this evening. Her crew spoiled themselves with dinner ashore which included red snapper and conch fritters. 175nm in the last two days and 275 miles thus far. DBH
