At midnight, 25 miles west off the coast, we could still see
the sky glow from Florida and a new glow from Alice Town to the northeast. With minimal light from a crescent moon this
was the first time I have seen star glow reflecting on the ocean; actually I
think it was Jupiter glow as the planet rose in the east. The crossing was a breeze with less than 2
foot seas and no more than 10 knot southeast winds. We stood 3 hour watches, 3 hours on and 3
hours off, through the night.
Arriving outside Alice Town channel we waited for two boats
to exit. The second one was Lou and crew
who we had met at both Stuart, FL and Mathews, VA and who had stayed in Bimini
last night and were on their way to Nassau today. After tying up at Brown’s Marina we
discovered surprise guests aboard, two very dead fish on the aft deck. The water here is BLUE, WARM, CLEAR, AWESOME
and two fish less!
Flying the yellow Quarantine Flag, we filled out Customs
paperwork provided by the marina and Captain Bob trooped ½ mile to check us
in. Of course it was a little bit
different than the forms we had downloaded and filled out. He has promised not to return without an
empty umbrella drink!
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