Sail from Guanaja to Gran Cayman and Cuba, February 2017

Hee hah! Mahi-mahi catch late afternoon on day two!

Tuesday, 14 February we left Guanaja at sunrise in very little wind. Using this to motor-sail NE  to compensate for the strong NW flowing current which is pushing us to the Yucatan channel. By midday we got ample wind to fill our sails. We were hoping to make landfall in the center of the South coast of Cuba.
But pre-dawn Thursday morning the wind totally collapsed. Our choice was either 48 hours motor to Cuba or 24 hours motor to Gran Cayman where we can wait for wind to sail to Cuba. We turned right east for another slow-motor-slog to Gran Cayman.

Christelle kept the lures clean of sargassum grass and caught just after dawn a Mahi-mahi.

Early Friday morning we were checked in at Gran Cayman and nicely rolling on a free mooring.
The next 3 days we spend shopping for all those delicatessens and equipment one can't find in the rest of the west Caribbean. (eg. a 16-Quarts bottling pressure cooker for the big ones Jaco spearfish!)

Monday after we checked out with immigration and customs, (got our spearguns back from customs) we set sail for Cayo Largo.