Atlantic still had about 3-foot swells from the east with a little
chop on top from the west. It was a relatively smooth crossing - much
easier than we had expected.
Spanish Wells is a working town. The spinney lobster capital of the
world. They provide 75% of spinney lobsters world wide. Jim,
Camille, Mike and I each had a lobster tail for dinner last night.
Excellent! Davids and Ann stuck with cracked conch. Also excellent!
Yesterday I ran aground coming into Spanish Wells harbor. When our
pilot, Bandit, was here this morning to confirm crossing the Devil's
Backbone to Harbour Island, he said he had already talked with the
port authority about dredging the spot I hit. The entire town must
know about my hit!
Everyone takes a pilot when crossing from Spanish Wells to Harbour
Island. We have talked with several friends who are excellent boaters
and have crossed many, many times. They take a pilot every time. You
can share pilots. Bandit will guide either Salty Lady or Tonto and
the other will follow. My guess is that he will drive Salty Lady from
her fly bridge. He will have a much better angle to see the reefs and
coral heads from up high. Bandit said about eight boats in a line is
about all one pilot can handle. When the line gets too long the end
boats tend to be in different water at different times than the lead
boat.
More from Harbour Island. Cheers, Gail B.
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