Episode V6 On the Banks

The Great Bahama Bank stretches for hundreds of miles. We were sailing up from the Caribbean and came from Crooked Acklins Island over to the tip of Long Island, then onto the Bank. It was 40 miles to Georgetown most of it very shallow water over perfect sand. We sailed all day in water barely 6-10 feet deep like a giant swimming pool. Once when it got less than 5 feet deep I jumped overboard to see how close our keel was to the sand.