A Quick Trip To Williams Cay

George Town to Williams Cay |  4.8 Hours  |  30 Miles 

We enjoyed a leisurely morning and joined the tail end of the boat parade past Monument Beach and out of Elizabeth Harbour. It was an uneventful cruise. The sun was strong, the wind blew lighter than on recent days, and the following sea meant the decks stayed dry. It was a great day to be on the flybridge. We calculated our arrival time and realized we'd be entering the cut with a max ebb current against wind-driven waves. We opted to enter at the familiar Adderly Cut to the north of our destination. The waves piled up and the current was running 4-knots against us. A little more throttle got us past the monument without incident and into calm waters. We rounded the point and backtracked south to our anchorage off Williams Cay. The beaches glowed against the lush foliage and the bluer-than-blue water.

Finally we spotted two 53-foot Selenes -- Paradigm Shift and Asante -- ahead of us. Almost on cue, it began to rain as I went on deck to set the anchor. Glenda caught the shot of me before I got too wet. We dropped the hook just behind our two larger sister ships to complete a mini Selene rendezvous. Multiple short showers kept us inside for a while so I made my Saturday check-in call with Aunt B. She and Uncle Bennett were watching the Carolina game on TV as I watched it on my phone. We cheered and fussed over speaker phone as the large Tar Heel lead disappeared. It was almost like being with them on the couch in their house. (Aunt B sent the photo of her view.) The rain stopped and I wiped down the boat while following the score until Carolina eventually upset Baylor, the defending champs. To celebrate we joined Greg and Glenda onshore to watch Jaxon and Cooper swim and run the beach. Those little Yorkies are so much fun! The final few hours of the afternoon were spent on the upper deck trying to read, but mainly looking out over the crystal-clear water. 

I got my stretching in and dinner complete then went to the cockpit to watch the sunset off of our stern. Once again, many thanks to Glenda taking and sharing the photos of Crossroads. The sky didn't have much color and was thick with upper level clouds, but it contrasted nicely with the deepening teal of the water. So far, it's a calm night here in the anchorage. We're hoping for continued calm conditions tomorrow so Glenda and I can drop our paddle boards in the water and make a self-powered trip to the beach where we'll hike the trail across the island.