Time to head north! | Terrible sail to Grand Bahama | We might just die (Ep 15)

After our friends left from George Town, we needed to start heading north to get up of Cape Hatteras by early June. After provisioning, fueling up and fixing a leak on our generator, we departed to head back up to the Berry Islands where we'd make the jump from Great Harbor Cay over to Grand Bahamas.
We hit a bad storm going over to Grand Bahamas which literally had me thinking we might die. But, as Captain Scott once told us, the boat can handle more than we can. A nearby lightening strike seemed to have taken out our wind instrument.
It was a humbling trip. We learned a lot. At some point we may consider mooring the boat somewhere south. There's very few boatyards which can handle the berth of a catamaran, 25 feet wide. But, we found a few and are deliberating for next year. The monthly expenses are higher and the insurance is about $2500 more for the year. However, we have to weigh that against the few costs (and wear and tear) of both the northbound and southbound trips.
Anyway, this episode covers a lot of time but, looking back on it now, it went by in a blur. We love the Berry Islands. It's so sparsely visited. We had a great stay at the Grand Bahamas Yacht Club and Saint Augustine is always a pleasure to visit.
I wish we would have had some video of the storms we went through...but the last thing I could imagine doing during those instances is pull out a video camera. That said, this is not for the faint of heart. Yeah, the beaches, secluded anchorages and beautiful waters are amazing. However, living on a boat, the weather becomes a focus. We watched the weather predictions from a handful of models many times a day. When do we need to move our anchorage? When can we leave? What is the sea-state predictions?
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