Yes, you can begin to sing the song now if you like.... We woke up very early today so we could try to sail the entire way to Green Turtle Cay - about 35 miles. And mission accomplished! We hoisted the anchor with the sails set and never turned the engines on until we entered the channel at Black Sound. Brad proved that he really doesn't need any crew on the boat - he can put all the sails up by himself. And I further proved it by promptly falling back to sleep as soon as we were under way. I guess I woke up finally as we were heading into Whale cut and approaching Green Turtle. Brad said thee boat speed under sail ranged from 3.5 knots to over 7 at times. He was pretty excited all in all. It was about 3:00pm when we tied up to the dock at Donny's Boat Rental and Marina. we were back to the civilized world with power and internet. But realized we really hadn't eaten anything all day. So we rented a golf cart for a few days and headed to the Wrecking Tree Restaurant for some cracked conch and wreckers - their specialty drink. Then we drove around the town of New Plymouth and to the grocery for some ice and headed back to the boat. We expected to spend a quiet night aboard watching a movie with our internet but just as we settled in we had a power outage. Decided we could use some rest and went to bed for the night. No need to worry - the power and internet returned about midnight! And if you'd like to read more about the "Wrecking" profession in the Bahamas, then click on this link.
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