On to Great Sale

4/28/09

Author: Doug

We left Carters early in the am and headed on the short, 15 mile downwind run to Great Sale Cay. While still strong the wind moderated just a bit so it was a really nice run. When we got in the lee of Great Sale it was actually really calm and nice, so we slowed down and trolled hard in this fishy area. Caught a couple Ceros and a couple barracuda.

Dropped the hook in the main anchorage on GS. We have spent a number of nights

here since '07 so we know it well. With our shallow draft we sneak WAY in, and even gain some South-SW protection. Not that we needed it this time, it blew steady from the East and it was perfectly calm in there.

No weather forecasts are available unless you have Sirius or SSB between GTC and West End, we have neither so we rely on other boats to help us out. For this reason and many others we were super glad to see our friend on Mucho Gusto roll in to the anchorage the day after we did.

I was towing the boys in the tube behind the dinghy when they came in. They were all waving to us so we circled the boat (at high speed) to say hello. Picked up their fishing line. Nice move on my part. No harm done though and we pulled Tim, Jess and Jenny in the tube to make up for it. Had drinks and dinner on their cat that night. It was big fun.

Spent three nights at GS waiting for a window to cross the gulf stream. Caught a few bonefish, Bryce hooked, but lost his first bonefish ever.

Spent a lot of time on the beach there. This is where our friends on Happy Hours saw and photographed the strange wild cat in the first pic. They say it was a little larger than a bobcat. Can't figure out what it was. Any ideas?