Bahamas Are Waiting! Solo Sailing, Sunset & Smooth Trade Winds from Turks & Caicos to Little Inagua.

After an amazing time in Turks & Caicos, it was time to point Mirage toward the Bahamas 🇧🇸 In this episode, I sail solo from Providence, Turks & Caicos to Little Inagua, Bahamas - a 70 nautical mile downwind passage filled with steady trade winds, deep blue water, and pure sailing rhythm. I departed at about 3:00 PM, made an overnight stop at West Caicos, and at 6:00 AM headed out again for the final leg to Little Inagua. Conditions were nearly perfect: 140–150° TWA with about 20 knots of wind, making for a fast, smooth, and very enjoyable downwind sail. Along the way, I’ll show: • How I jibe the boat safely while sailing solo • How to calculate wind angles before a jibe using the bearing to a new waypoint • A relaxed onboard dinner cook-up, inspired by a Gordon Ramsay video • A bit of history and information about Little Inagua, wrapped up with a stunning Bahamas sunset 0:00 Leaving Blue Haven Marina 1:24 Shallow passage between the reefs 2:00 Sails up 3:50 Overnight stop at West Caicos 4:30 Day 2 – early morning departure 6:09 Crossing the Caicos Channel 8:50 How to estimate wind angle before a jibe 10:00 Jibing the boat solo 10:35 “Bahamas Are Waiting” – my theme song 🎶 12:20 Approaching Little Inagua 13:30 Anchor set 13:55 Cooking with a famous chef 👨‍🍳 14:55 A bit about Little Inagua Fair winds, blue water, and welcome aboard!! Soundtrack: The jazzy background music you hear in this episode is an original track I created just for this episode. You’ll find the full lyrics below - they capture the mood of the passage perfectly: calm, rhythmic, and quietly adventurous. "Bahamas Are Waiting" [Verse 1] Chart on the table Mug with a coffee ring Mirage leans hungry to starboard Like it’s tasting everything Turks and Caicos waking Soft gold on the rail Solo hand on the mainsheet Whistling, ready to sail [Chorus] Bahamas are waiting Full sail, heart racing Blue on blue, that endless view Fair winds, sun blazing Bahamas are waiting Bahamas are waiting [Verse 2] Halyard hum in a half-time groove Spray on my face, sweet salt perfume Clouds like brushstrokes, high and thin I laugh at the line where the sky drops in Compass swings, then settles true Hull just slices that liquid blue Every wave a soft backbeat Mirage dancing under my feet [Chorus] [Bridge] Is this dream, is this day When the charts all fade away Only numbers are the knots we make Only measure is the wake we shake [Chorus]