It's Windy out there! 26◦30'.841N 78◦38'.546W

If you notice the co-ordinates are the same, you are not mistaken. We set out yesterday afternoon around 1pm. We only had 16 miles to go to the channel that divides Grand Bahamas Island in two. When we got out into the ocean, the waves were on our bow, but crashing over the bow. Only problem was that once we turned towards our goal, these same waves would be hitting us on the beam (side) and that would not be pleasant. 16 miles for us is about 2hrs, but with the force of these waves we could not even get to our top speed of 8 miles per hour, so we would take even longer to get to our destination.  So we did what any logical, prudent mariner would do and we turned around. The marina was nice enough to give us our very same slip.

Since there is a cold front coming in, we also decided to stay here for a couple of days.

I would have blogged last night as I normally do, however we are in Bahamas Mon! The marina we are at has a centre court and a marketplace. 

The band started playing around 8pm and well...when in Bahamas!  

We had a lovely evening and did not have to drive home afterwards, so even better. We got to see an 80 year old man Limbo 

as well as his student, who was a bit more limber. Very entertaining. 

Tonight we will likely go partake of the Bahamas night life again, although the winds are stronger today then yesterday and they are calling for rain. We shall see what life has to offer later. At this point it looks as though the winds will die down tomorrow afternoon so we will likely do our 16 mile run then.  Tata for now.