Overnight to the Berry Islands

We left Cat Cay early in the morning, before sun up (thought we gave up those early morning get ups!) to make the crossing to the Berry Islands. We fished along the way and had a beautiful sunny day. The catch total for the day, two and a half fish! A small one, a big barracuda and HALF a king mackerel. This was a fairly good sized fish and it had been CHOMPED! Just the head was left on the line. We were very glad we didn't catch whatever had chomped the mackerel!

We sailed and fished all day long and then around 7 put the toys away and settled in for the night crossing. Although we had good sailing, we were going into wind so we must have tacked 30 times over the course of the day. As the sun went down, the wind picked up and so did the waves. So we wouldn't have a repeat of our last boisterous overnighter, I asked Steve if we could put the jib sail away. With the jib up, the boat tends to heel quite a bit more and once it gets dark the boisterous-ness is magnified. After the jib and mizzen were put away, the speed went way down so on with the engine and we settled in for the crossing. Except for going into wind and waves THE WHOLE WAY, the crossing was fine and with comparable or better weather, I would do it again. (Must have midnight hot cocoa though, essential crossing 'medication'!)

We arrived in the Berry Islands this morning and had the anchor down for 9:00. After breakfast 'bacon butties' (woohoo!), a nap was required. Spent the afternoon reading on deck, no rush to go ashore, and met a few of the local cruisers. Tonight is our belated anniversary dinner, Jessie's chicken wings and steak on the grill!

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