{"id":695,"date":"2015-04-01T13:51:55","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T13:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nauticalendeavors.com\/islandbound\/?p=695"},"modified":"2019-07-16T13:26:31","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T13:26:31","slug":"into-the-sea-of-abaco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nauticalendeavors.com\/islandbound\/2015\/04\/into-the-sea-of-abaco\/","title":{"rendered":"Into the Sea of Abaco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>4\/1\/15<br \/>\nLynyard Cay, Abacos, Bahamas<br \/>\nPosition: 26 21.739N, 76 59.188W<br \/>\n<em>Posted by Bill<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nauticalendeavors.com\/islandbound\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_0452.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3210\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nauticalendeavors.com\/islandbound\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_0452-1024x687.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0452\" width=\"625\" height=\"419\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3210\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nauticalendeavors.com\/islandbound\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_0452-1024x687.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/nauticalendeavors.com\/islandbound\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_0452-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/nauticalendeavors.com\/islandbound\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_0452-768x516.jpg 768w, http:\/\/nauticalendeavors.com\/islandbound\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_0452-624x419.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWe departed at dawn (again\u2026ugh), motored around the bottom of Great Abaco Island, up the east coast, in the Little Harbour Inlet, and anchored on the west side of Lynyard Cay.  At the bottom of Great Abaco is a lighthouse and rock formations called \u201cHole in the Wall\u201d:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/nauticalendeavors.com\/islandbound\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_0517.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3212\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nauticalendeavors.com\/islandbound\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_0517-1024x687.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0517\" width=\"625\" height=\"419\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3212\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nauticalendeavors.com\/islandbound\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_0517-1024x687.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/nauticalendeavors.com\/islandbound\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_0517-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/nauticalendeavors.com\/islandbound\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_0517-768x516.jpg 768w, http:\/\/nauticalendeavors.com\/islandbound\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_0517-624x419.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/nauticalendeavors.com\/islandbound\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_0500.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3211\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nauticalendeavors.com\/islandbound\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_0500-1024x687.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0500\" width=\"625\" height=\"419\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3211\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nauticalendeavors.com\/islandbound\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_0500-1024x687.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/nauticalendeavors.com\/islandbound\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_0500-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/nauticalendeavors.com\/islandbound\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_0500-768x516.jpg 768w, http:\/\/nauticalendeavors.com\/islandbound\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_0500-624x419.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was very picturesque.  Apparently, the light house is now used by a whale watching organization, as there are a lot of whales that transit this area.  We didn\u2019t see any, which is good and bad.  It would have been pretty cool, but they can sink a boat in no time.  As we approached our inlet to the Sea of Abaco, the winds started to build along with the seas.  The deep Atlantic Ocean meets the shallow Sea of Abaco at these Abaco inlets and the sea state can get really nasty in a hurry.  We had a strong cross current and some decent rollers, but made it through without incident.  Good thing too\u2026there are reefs and rocks on both sides of the inlet that are just a few feet under water.  We are happy to be in the Sea of Abaco, done with our ocean passages until we head home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4\/1\/15 Lynyard Cay, Abacos, Bahamas Position: 26 21.739N, 76 59.188W Posted by Bill We departed at dawn (again\u2026ugh), motored around the bottom of Great Abaco Island, up the east coast, in the Little Harbour Inlet, and anchored on the west side of Lynyard Cay. 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