The Berry Islands

December 14

We motored the entire night, against the wind and the current. Not much traffic, except for the odd freighter or cruise ship. I spent the entire night in the cockpit, sleeping and feeling the windy breeze. For some reason, I was extremely exhausted from my three hour shift at the helm... our routine was a little off, due to the late departure time. In the morning we started to notice the Berry Islands. We were headed for Devil's Cay... which is more in the central Berry Islands. The Berry's are a series of small islands mostly uninhabited between Grand Bahama Island and New Providence Island, where the capital of Nassau is located. We anchored Joana in 18 ft of water, near White Cay. Surrounded by white sandy beaches, deep Blue holes and waves crashing along the rocks, this was one of the most scenic anchorages I had ever experienced. I'm happy we stopped over to the Berry Islands. Our dinghy was never launched at this anchorage, supposedly it only touches the ocean on very rare occasions... looking forward to that moment. You will notice in the picture, some of the other vessels tucked in further West from where we we anchored. We endured a rough night with the wind and surge... we called this spot the 'Rock and Roll Surge Spot'... instead of having a bobbing motion from front to back, we were rocking from side to side. Felt like we were out at sea for the entire night.

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