Don't Rock

Sometimes I think that Tom is like a baseball player who can't lay off the high pitches There is a passage between the cays in Abaco called the Don't Rock passage. It is named for a huge rock that is in the course. If you can navigate it you can avoid going out into the ocean around Whale Cay. The advice is that boats that draw more than 3 feet should probably go in the ocean. But the passage shows 4 feet at MLW so a boat drawing 4 feet2 inches or so should surely be able to transit at high tide right? Tom can't resist. Besides don't rock is enough like don't go that it becomes a challenge.... A couple of days ago -with a noon high tide we set off for Don't Rock at 1030 and completed the passage at 1130. it really was just a few miles with a long sand spit on 1 side and a bit of coral bar on the other. Tom said that it was easy beans. The water was crystal clear and easy to read. As soon as he said that we heard an odd grinding noise. No bumps no apparent problems . Maybe it was just to keep us from getting cocky. Made Green Turtle Cay soon after noon moored in Black Sound . Ashore the settlement of New Plymouth is a neat town. It looks a little like New England. It feels like a community too. The ocean beaches are astonishing. We spent a little time at Miss Emily's having a " world famous "goombay smash! The abacos are so easy and beautiful that it is difficult to think of leaving. Internet access is sketchy but we will keep blogging as we can.