After 4 days in Green Turtle, it was time to head for Whale Cay Passage to explore a few more Abaco islands. All told, we had two nights anchored in White Sound, and two nights in a slip at the Green Turtle Club. Before we leave GTC, I forgot to mention the "eat your dockage" deal at the GTC and at the nearby Bluff House. Whatever you pay for docking, you get to eat for free at the resort! Hard to pass that up.
The other thing we stumbled upon is that our soon-to-be hosts at Pineapple Point in Treasure Cay, Stacy and Ian Phillips, also recently acquired the Bluff House and are in the process of renovating the resort, which is already pretty spectacular:
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| Bluff House, White Sound side |
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| Bluff House, Sea of Abaco side |
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| Susan at Bluff House |
On Tuesday, February 12 it was time to say goodbye to Green Turtle Cay. We got the daily Cruisers Net report for Whale: No chop and gentle rolls! That is good news, because this passage is infamous for being at times unpleasant and occasionally outright dangerous to unpassable. As it turned out the passage was easy, and beautiful. But every 7 seconds or so, you get reminded of how powerful the ocean's rolls really are, as they go crashing into the Whale Cay rock shoreline:
Returning back from the brief foray into the Atlantic, you pass through Loggerhead Channel and around Great Guana Cay. Another ship aground reminds us of the hazards that you can easily succumb to if you're not paying attention:
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| Wreck off the north tip of Great Guana Cay. Pipe marks the now abandoned cruise ship channel. |
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| The Beach at Nippers |
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| at Nippers! |
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| Sunset at Orchid Bay Marina |
