We are on New Providence Island

 

This is the same Island as Nassau but, we don't want to go there. Nassau has a very high crime rate and we want to stay as far away as we can from there. We have dropped anchor in West Bay at the other end of the Island. We left Bimini on Tuesday Dec 29 because we saw a weather window opening. We needed 2 days to cross 120 miles over the Bahama Grand Banks to New Providence Island. We left at 7 am and it was a calm day on the water. We traveled until the sun was about to set and we dropped anchor, yep right in the middle of the ocean. we were in 15 feet of water and we didn't want to travel in the dark so here's a few pictures from where we stopped.

 No one in site but the three of us boats traveling together.

And here's the sun set.  

 

 

The orange seem to stay for a long time.

 

 

 

When it got dark it was very dark. We didn't have any moon and it was like being in a dark room with little lights. The stars were amazing and we stayed up for about an hour staring at the sky. We finally made our way to bed just before sailors midnight, 9pm. Next day we were up at 6am and on our way at 6:30. It was another long day to get to West Bay at New Providence Island. Laurie was very amused watching the flying fish, she has never seen them before. We cross over the Grand Banks and then the Tongue of the Ocean. The Tongue of the Ocean is between the Andros Island and New Providence and can be up to 2000 feet deep. We arrived around 4:30 and were very tired. Now the weather has closed in on us for the next few days. There is front passing by us and the wind and seas are up so here we will sit in our protected anchorage for the next 3 or 4 days.