Next stop Spanish Cay

We headed out mid-morning and what do we see on the horizon but our friends on the boat Duchess.  They had been hanging out in the Abaco's visiting all the islands just like us just not the same ones.  They were heading out to make the long jump back to the states (48 hrs).  They came along side of us and was able to snap a picture of 4 Ever And A Day with our sails up and us on the rail.

We arrived at Spanish Cay midafternoon.  Spanish Cay is a private island that has a small marina.  This was going to be our last island stop before we headed to West End.  West End is on the furthest tip of the Grand Bahama Islands, a good place to jump back to the states. But before we went there we reviewed our weather window because it would take us almost two days to sail back to Florida. Low and behold the winds have changed and a weather front moved further south our way.  Winds were predicted to be 20-25kns with gusts up to 30.  Those type winds are just a little too much for our boat to handle.  So once again we are hanging out in Spanish Cay hiding from the weather.  A bit about Spanish Cay, it is privately owned and only has 2 fulltime residents.  There is a complete staff that takes care of the marina as well as the grounds.  When we arrived, we were told that we were their guests and we were welcome to go anywhere on the island.  So that is just what we did, we walked the beaches looking for shells and sea glass (found a few pieces), before we knew it, we had walked the entire island.  Since Spanish Cay is a good place to hide out from the weather other boats were arriving doing the same thing. 3 of the sail boats (Duchess, Solinity and Puffin) all arrived after us, best part is that we had all had met at some point during our time in the Abaco's (small world) so it was kind of like a reunion.