We spent three full days at anchor in Rudder Cut. Our friends came down and anchored beside us, and we had a nice few days of just hanging out there. Their daughter turned 9 (pretty cool spot to have a birthday!) and we had some cake which was nice. We spent a day snorkeling all over the area which was fun. Lots of sea turtles, and tons of different fish.

We also hosted a dinner on our boat, which is rare. It was a tight fit with 6, but worked. I think somewhere they say this boat sleeps six, but I'd say 6 for dinner is about the max.

I went for a rough dingy sail in winds that were just too much for dingy sailing. I knew it was too much when I left, but I'm trying to force myself into the uncomfortable zone. I managed to do it without flipping it, but I did spend a fair bit of time bailing the boat. Downwind was crazy fun, but upwind was pretty harsh. I couldn't really fill the sail (even as flat as I could get it) so I had to keep pinching to wind in order not to tip it right over. It was also slamming pretty hard in the waves which is uncomfortable. The PT11 sure it built strong, but I think I'll stick to less blustery days in the future.

And after a few days in Rudder Cut it was time to say goodbye again, and we headed north while our friends headed south to Gerogetown. It was nice to finally meet up with them again, we'd been trying to hook up with them since Spanish Wells, but we were always just slightly out of sync with where they were at.

We decided to make a small jump north to be ready to catch some nice winds to take us across Exuma Sound back to Eleuthera the next day. We left a little later than ideal (as we always seem to do) and sailed off anchor and sailed against the current out the cut. Not a lot of current, but enough to make for some horrible looking tack angles. 4 tacks and were out the cut and a nice run north to Dotham Cut which we were also able to sail through. We turned right after coming through the cut and sailed slowly over to Bitter Guana Cay where we dropped the anchor for the night. Really beautiful sailing day...

We went ashore here and saw the iguanas which were slightly creepy, but also pretty cool. We did a nice hike up the hill there and spent some time admiring the really great view.

After we got back, we cleaned up, stowed everything, got the dingy on deck, had dinner, and got to bed early for our crossing back across Exuam Sound back to Rock Sound Eleuthera.