Friday March 16, 2018 - Egg Island, Eleuthera to Little Harbour, Abacos

We were up at 3am and underway around 3:30.  There was almost no wind so we motored the entire 55 miles to the Abacos.  This was an open (Atlantic) passage and we saw a number of cruise ships and tankers passing ahead and behind us in the Northeast Providence Channel.  They were all traveling east and west and we were heading north.  The swell was only 2 to 3 feet, with a 10 second interval so it was a very comfortable passage. 

We entered the Little Harbour inlet about 30 miles north of the southern tip of The Great Abaco Island at about 1pm.  As we approached the inlet, I began reading about anchorages.  We stopped at a well known snorkeling spot on Sandy Cay.  We anchored behind Sandy Cay - on the back side of the Cay from the North Bar Inlet.  There was almost no swell coming in the inlet but the holding was not that good so I was glad to be in the protection of the island.  The wind had picked up to about 10 knots (NE). We dinghied over to the NE side of the island where there were 5 or 6 nice dinghy mooring buoys.  This was some of the best snorkeling I've ever done. I think it matched the snorkeling I did in Guam when I was in the Navy.

At around 4pm, we motored north to a very nice, protected anchorage (West side of Tiloo Cay) where we spent the night.