Georgetown, Exumas

We are now in Georgetown, Exumas. We traveled about 160 miles since leaving Nassau. We are about 300 miles from Islamorada as the Frigate flies. It has been very windy so we have not fished yet. Met up with the Stinsons and Petersons Monday night for dinner at Peace & Plenty. Interesting enough it was built by the great grandson of Henry Flagler who built the overseas railroad connecting Miami with Key West in the early 1800's. In our travels from Nassau we spent most of the time on the Exuma Bank or the leeward side of the Exuma chain of islands. The seas were much more manageable there, however, still very rough. The last day we had to venture out in the Exuma Sound through Square Rock Cut. The current was ripping through the cut and the chart said at times could challenge the mariner's skills. We made it without incident and headed south to Georgetown. We only had about 15 miles to go and by then the seas had laid down pretty good. The shore along the windward side of the islands looks very similar to the Tongue of the Ocean with lots of likely reef spots up close and very deep water right along side. We have a local fisherman lined up to go out with us this morning so stay tuned for pics and tales.

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