We left Nassau as planned just before 0700 on Friday morning, the first day of spring (according to my calendar). It was a gorgeous morning with predicted light winds.

Sunrise leaving Nassau Harbour.

Lighthouse at Nassau Harbour.

 

About two hours into the trip, Jorge decided he was going to drag a line, hoping to catch a fish. As usual, I rolled my eyes, scoffed and asked him what he wanted me to take out of the freezer for dinner!

It was an uneventful morning until around 1100 when the fishing line went . . . zing! OMG. Jorge caught something! Reel, reel, reel. What was on the end of the line? It was a mahi mahi (aka dolphin but not the Flipper-type)! We (me in particular) were so excited. We managed to get it aboard and that was the easy part, it didn't put up much of a fight. Now the hard and messy part, cleaning it. Mission accomplished after about an hour. Jorge actually caught two fish that morning, the mahi mahi had a flying fish in its belly. We had a wonderful dinner (with more in the freezer) of salad, baguette, and pan-fried, with butter and garlic, fresh mahi mahi, with me having a side order of crow as well!

Reeling the mahi mahi in.

Jorge and his catch!

 

A head shot of the mahi mahi.

 

The flying fish as lunch inside the mahi mahi.

Supper.

 

We did a 24 hour motorsail to Bimini, thinking at first of anchoring on the banks but the winds were so light and the seas calm we decided to keep going, arriving just before 0800. When arriving last year from Florida, we had a bit of a roller coaster ride into the harbour but this time no worries, the sea remained calm as it had been all night. It seems fitting that we are ending our Bahamas part of the trip as we started it, in Alice Town, North Bimini. The waters remain the awesome turquoise, the weather is sunny and warm and life couldn't be better!

Tomorrow we are off to Ft. Pierce, Florida, another overnighter! Approximately 120 nm from waypoint to waypoint. We have planned for 24 hours but we are not sure what like of lift we will get from the Gulf Stream. Ft. Pierce is a Class A inlet and slack water is scheduled for noon on Tuesday, hopefully it will be an easy entrance to the harbour.