One the way to the Bitter End, we went with the Navionic suggested track to go through The Cut and not around the top of Moskito Island and then back down into Pickly Pear Bay.  We knew it wasn't deep through the cut, but didn't realize that we needed to stay EXACTLY on the line that Navionics suggested. It has also given us a orange warning, but either of us looked closely enought until we were already going through The Cut. It was definately intense while Blair watch the depth and I looked into the water from coral reefs and shallow spots. 

We arrived at The Bitter End Yacht Club not knowing if there would be a buoy available. The winds were predicted to be above 30 knots for several days, so we figured that with this being a very famous safe anchorage "hurricane hole" that the place would be packed. We got the perfect buoy right up close to the point where we were protected from the winds. I looked at out TRACK and noticed there was a perfect heart. We KNEW this would be a great stop over. 

We spend only 6 days here, but it seems liked 2 weeks. We had dinner a couple of nights with a British boat called Orna. I had met them in Little Harbor while on my paddle boat, and enjoyed great conversations. Velocity came up for a couple of days to visit as well, so we enjoyed seeing them again, with Tom's cousins and had a lovely time. We also hiked the island, which turned about to be a lot of rappeling as the last part of the hike was down a very steep ridge. It was quite challenging for me, and I am still not fully recoved from my knee surgery. Luckily there were ropes, so I just went backwards. Here's a view from the ridge top. You can see Silver Moon in the lower left corner of the photo

We even decided to compete in the Saturday Hobie Regatta. We sailed a Hobie Getaway (no boom). We thought we had this regatta "in the bag" however we didn't realize that the other racers were all friends who had just come from another regatta that our friend Becky Arnold was a PRO at. These were all experienced racers mostly coming from the sailing industry. The other Hobie Getaway had much bigger sailors and with the winds being above 25 knots that afternoon they were able to keep the hull down and just go much faster than us. We were able to keep up, and it was still close competition. There were Super Yacht in the bay, so we had to sail between them. On one tack Blair thought he could sail above their bow before tacking for the layline of the windward mark. Sadly he miscalucated and we hit the bow of this $100 Million Super Yacht. Naturally I started to panic and yell. The crew came out to investigate what all the fuss was about. It was like they were hit by a fly. Didn't seem to bother them in the least. 

I paddled most days, and definately got a good work out trying to go upwind in 15 knots of breeze. I just kept saying to myself.."You are moving forward... VERY slowly but you're moving forward" .It was fun to be at this Iconic Place with all the activities around and Super Yachts, but pretty soon it was time to leave as this was the furthest north we would be. We wanted to meet our ARC+ Friends in Antigua in a weeks time.