The scale of these charts is getting smaller because the distance is longer. The Jumentos Cays and Ragged Islands are more than 80 miles long. You can see our stop Saturday at the northern-most island of the Jumentos, Water Cay. And then there’s Sunday’s cruise through a chunk of the Atlantic before we tucked back into the protection of the islands way down at the bottom of the Jumentos, just before the Ragged Islands. We’ve gone from a bunch of fairly big islands to the land of little tiny islands. All are uninhabited except, at the bottom of the chain, Ragged Island.
For us, no cruise into the deep waters of the Atlantic is complete without two things. The first is always a welcome surprise and invokes the imagination of all sailors. A pod of dolphins (15+) showed up in a flash, and words really can’t explain how fast they dart when they really desire. We’re only going 7 knots; these guys? 20 plus. The water is beautifully clear, the camera just doesn’t capture it at the angle from above.
A dolphin visit is always joyous, and then, there’s Todd fishing…
Sure enough, about 6 hours into dragging a line, finally, ZING! Yeah a big zing! Look at that rod bend!
We cut back through from the ocean to the Great Bahama Bank side at a broad cut called Nurse Channel, marked by a stone obelisk.
To give broader context as to where we have come, here’s a bigger view. Our destination was Hog Cay, Ragged Islands. Right, another Hog Cay. I think we’ve seen three or four already. Our anchorage is about 67 miles from Cuba. This is as far south as we plan to go.
Hog Cay is part of the Ragged Islands. Duncan Town on Ragged Island is the smallest inhabited island in the Bahamas. Population? About sixty. We plan to visit it while we are here. But for now, we are tucked in the anchorage with four other boats. Two sails (a mono hull and a cat), both families with kids, and two large Nordhavns (60 and 63 ft). Sam and Cindy on the 60′ called Booke-End, veterans of Hog Cay, came over to greet us and invite us to the tiki hut on the shore for “sundowers.” We will be joining them in the future.
Just can’t help it when its this gorgeous!
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At this point I sincerely apologize for giving that fishing rod to Todd. The undo stress and frustration is my fault. You know the old saying: Give a man a fish and feed him for a day, teach him to fish and frustrate him for life! 🐟🐟🐠🐠 Dave Sent from my iPad
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I am very grateful for the fishing rod, it is awesome. I absolutely love that is a Florida made classic. I’m also indebted to you for your sage fishing guidance and advice. It’s not the teacher, it’s clearly the student!
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