Chub Cay - Nassau - Chub Cay et Nassau

We had a fantastic sail from Chub Cay to Rose Island near Nassau. A 20 knot north wind in 5 foot seas....Ambition was very very happy. There is a narrow break between two reefs to gain access to the south side of Rose Island ... WOW. The water depth went from 1500 feet deep to 20 feet deep within a couple hundred yards. needless to say the waves also jumped in height in the shallows. Although the break in the reefs are 200 yards wide, they sure look more like 50 feet wide when you are surfing 20,000 lbs of sailboat down the wave at the "little gap in the rocks". The water calmed right down just as soon as we made our way through and along the south side of Rose Island. We anchored in a beautiful bay, enjoyed the swimming and the beautiful sunsets.
As the wind turned to the south, we moved and anchored on the north side of the island and then celebrated another fantastic day in paradise by having an "apero picnic" on the beach with Michel and Line - Life in the Bahamas is good.

Wednesday Dec 19th - We arrived in Nassau yesterday and took a slip at Nassau Harbour Marina - for Roxanne - your favourite friend is still here and since slips are hard to find, I made no mention of our prior encounter with your friend! We were delighted to run into Sweet Chariot Too - Graeme and Laura - friends from Ambition's first trip to the Bahamas. Dinner out at the Poop Deck for Stone Crab Claws and Lobster tails ... mmmmmm.

Although we are looking forward to sharing Christmas with everyone we are not quite so enthusiastic about leaving our weather behind for Montreal weather ..... oh well!!

Vendredi 14 décembre
Une belle navigation entre Chub Cay et Rose Island. Un vent de 20 noeuds nord et des vagues variant autour de 5 pieds. Ambition était magnifique.