We had about 35 miles to sail to our next anchorage and were
anxious to get an early start. We had
told the Guarda that we wanted to leave by 8am, and he said he would come out
at 7am to give us our necessary paperwork.
He got there around 7:30 and apologized a few times and told us his
gua-gua (taxi) was late. All he did was
sign a box on our cruising permit and hand it back to us – it took only 2
minutes. We heaved up anchor and had a
nice motor sail to Cabo Cruz. The wind
was directly behind us and a little too light for us to totally sail, but we
only had the engine going just above idle so we didn’t use too much fuel.
As always, we had our fishing lines out and we were rewarded
with a nice sized Mahi. Yeah – fresh
fish for dinner!
We had been warned by a fellow cruiser with a 7 foot draft
that Cabo Cruz was a little tricky to anchor in, but we found no real
problems. You anchor between a reef and
mangroves – so you are staring out to nothing but ocean but the reef breaks all
the swell and you get an awesome breeze!
The water is Bahamas blue with some grassy spots but mostly white sandy
spots to anchor in.
I had read in the cruising guide that the Guarda may or may
not come out to see your paperwork, and in our case they did not. Tomorrow we are planning on going into town
to explore a bit and the guide states that you need to find the Guarda in town
if you do that.
We had a few fisherman come over wanting to trade lobster
for rum. They only had one giant lobster
and two very small ones, and we told them we wanted a few medium sized
ones. They told us they would go get
them tomorrow and bring them over to us once caught. Gotta love it!
We had Sabbaticus over for a fish and Conch dinner with a
movie – a great way to end another great day in Cuba!
We decided to stay two extra days in Cabo Cruz. We tried to go to shore but the Guarda told
as soon as we tied our lines to a “dock” that it was “no possible” and
basically shooed us back to our boats – but he did it with a smile! So much for our guide book stating we could
go ashore…maybe it was just us! That’s
alright, we did some snorkeling and speared a lobster. The reef was super colorful with lots of fish
and great visibility. If this snorkeling
is so good, I can’t wait to get to the cays in the middle of nowhere!
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