Nassau Feb 13

Silver Lynx

At the marina

New anchor

When we arrived we had a hell of a time getting the main anchor (a Bruce) to hold so we put out an auxiliary Fortress which did catch on the bottom. We lowered the main and a whole bunch of chain as well even though it had not grabbed hold of anything. That night a terribly loud noise woke me up. I dragged myself out of bed to investigate since it seemed no one else had woken up and much to my horror we were now right next to another boat (Silver Lynx) and swinging way too close to it. The auxiliary anchor had let go and the main had grabbed hold! Now what? We had to weigh anchor and try to reset. This time however the anchor would not budge! The short story is that we rafted up to our friendly neighbours from South Africa for the night and took turns staying up (3rd night in a row) just in case both boats broke loose. The next day a friendly chap came round in his dinghy and offered to dive down to see what was holding the anchor. Turned out to be a pile of cement blocks that had kept us from crashing into any other boats last night. As you can see the boat is now in a marina but we got lots of sleep despite the high winds – 35 knots and up – because we knew we wouldn't be dragging any anchors. The marina ($2 per foot + water + electricity) is packed, as many others didn't want to count on their anchors either. Today a new Danforth anchor was installed. Click here for a map of where we are.

Leaving tomorrow morning for Allen's Cay.