…and we are out of here! Left Cap Cana on Sunday morning and set a course for OceanWorld to top off our gas tanks before heading to the Bahamas. Of course we always have plan a…and plan b…and plan c. Plan a was to leave Cap Cana about noon and travel overnight arriving at OceanWorld about 10am. Catch a little sleep, clear the country and on to Great Inagua Cay in the Bahamas.
Reality was that the Navy cleared us out of Cap Cana at 10 am Sunday morning and we were out of there like a bat out of hell. That means we actually had to slow our trip to OceanWorld to arrive after they opened at 8am the next morning. Then we decided since the seas were calm and what little swell there was was behind us, we would just gas up, clear customs and be on our way so by 9:30am we were once again underway. Then we started looking at bypassing Great Inagua and going directly to Long Cay but we would be getting in at 2:30 in the morning and anchoring in the dark is challenging enough without the coral heads. So instead we anchored at Acklins and had a good night’s sleep. It took 55 hours to see the turquoise waters of the Bahamas again. I had forgotten how intense a color it really is.
As I write this we are on a 36 hours passage to put us in the Exumas. From there we will head to the Berry Islands and then directly to Ft. Lauderdale.
Weather is anticipated coming in on Thursday so we want to be far up into the Bahamas for more protection. More behind that so we need to cross the Gulf Steam on Saturday ahead of the weather. It’s a constantly changing plan dictated by weather, insurance and a need to be in Ft Lauderdale for a few days for maintenance. If you’ve been paying attention we are on Plan H at this point.
Leaving Cap Cana was bittersweet. It was a great place to quarantine during the Covid crisis. The people were outstanding and we could get off the boat and move around instead of being trapped onboard as so many of our friends are at different islands. It’s also the prettiest part of the country. On the other hand is was glorious to be underway again.
We will definitely return with or without the LaaDeeDah. We made some good friends that we’d like to spend time with when we don’t have to stay six feet away and wear masks. As we left the Marina Cap Cana friends were lined up on the dock or on their balconies waving, taking pictures and watching us depart. We definitely felt the love in Cap Cana.
