Sailing EMANUEL IV

Long overdue update

OK, time passed and I have not loaded any updates, photos, or stories about where we are and what have we done so far.

Just me being lazy.

We are in the Bahamas, still in Spanish Wells and still having wonderful time and a lot of fun.

Since we arrived here in April, Hani had to go to Israel, she left in May and came back in September.

Knowing that we have decided to ride the hurricane season here in Russel Island, and as Hani is scheduled to go again to Israel in November, stay here (even thou we will move the boat in to Spanish Wells itself in late October) until she comes back G-D willing in mid-late January.

Then, if G-D will allow we plan to start sailing south and east, ending in June in Granada, riding 2023 hurricane season in Granada.

Thats what we plan to do..

In the meantime, we swim almost every day, we catch fish, we catch conchs that we use for fish bait, we swim some more, snorkeling and looking for fish and other sea creatures, and enjoying life.

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Wow,

Almost a month has gone by since my last update.

We left Grand Cay, and sailed/motored to Allan Cay. The anchorage was great and interesting.

The first fun story of this location is... The waring for this location was - Bull Sharks like this area...

One of the things we do after putting our anchor down, is diving on the anchor to verify it is set correctly.

Well.... It was my fastest dive ever!

I jumped in, and out of the water at the same speed... The reason.. As I hit the water, a 6-7 foot Bull shark was under me.

So we put the dinghy in the water and I visually checked the anchor.

We left Allan Cay and sailed / motored to Green Turtle Cay, and took a mooring ball on the south side of the island.

It is a very narrow and shallow entrance, but a great location to stay.

We took a golf cart, traveled the island, and did some grocery shopping.

We also went snorkeling around Fiddle Cay and Crab Cay.

It was a great snorkeling day, buy also the wettest ride EVER. The wind was blowing on our face on the way back, and the wave were 2-4 feet. it was wet but fun ride.

After a few days in Green Turtle we move a little north to Nunjack or Manjack cay to wait to , Frank and their kids to come from Florida on their boat. It was an "interesting" ride. We had strong winds and rain hitting us on our was, and our Code 0 sail start to un-furl at the top. Hani and I jumped to action, and in strong winds and blinding rain, we dropped the sail and pulled it into the boat without damaging it. Or so we hopped...

We anchored first for a few night at Manjack Beach and then moved to the north side to Manjack Rock.

What a place it is!! We walked the beaches, swam with stingrays and sharks, and snorkeled the reefs around. It was amazing.

Joanna and Frank joined us and we all had great time.

We left Manjack and traveled to Hope Town. We found no available mooring balls inside, so we anchored just under the light house for three days.

We dinghy to town, visited the shoppes, and climbed the light house. It was a nice and relaxing time.

From there we decide to move south to Eleuthera.

We waited for the right weather window, and we moved from Hope Town to Lynyard Cay, and early in the morning left for Egg Island.

It was a just under 12 hours ride, most of it sailing and even seeing over 7 kts a few times. Also we found that we have an issue with our starboard bilge pump and our port engine circulating pump... It is a boat...

But we got safe and sound to Egg Island, entered through the reef and anchored in clear send and beautiful water for 2 days of swimming snorkeling and walking the beach.

We moved a few miles to Royal Island and from there to Russell Island in Spanish Wells, were we are now.