0430 hours, December 13, 2014, Start Bay Mayaguana, Bahamas: Raised anchor and headed to the south west corner of West Caicos. From this bearing point we would head further south east to a point between French Cay and West Sand Spit where we would enter the Caicos Bank. Once we were on the Bank we followed the magenta line on the Navionics Chart to the west edge of the bank just south of Long Cay. The magenta line navigated us safely through the coral heads that are located through out the Bank. Winds were In the 10 to 15 knot range seas were 2 to 4 off the Bank, and less than 2 on the Bank, and the seas were ENE as we ran this 115 nm course which included a final 3 nm leg north to Cockburn Harbour.
The night at Mayaguana had been similar to the night before at Rum Cay, light wind and rolling. We were again the only ones in the Harbour and again our security alarm went off this time just after midnight. We had used the alarm every night on the trip and these were the only two nights it went off. There were other boats in the Harbour when we arrived in Cockburn Harbour. We had a peaceful night with no rolling and no alarm. This was just what we need to prepare us for the 325 nm straight through run to the west end of Puerto Rico we would start on the next morning.
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