Navigating the Tongue of the Ocean (Calico Skies Sailing, Ep. 63)

Well, it had to come eventually: The end of an era. We stayed as long as we possibly could, but with hurricane season quickly approaching we have no choice but to say our sad, final goodbyes to the Covid crew and leave the Bahamas, pointing the bow North. In this episode we finally leave the Ragged Islands, specifically Flamingo Cay, and head North towards the Tongue of the Ocean, a super deep vein of water running east of Andros Island and perfect for a 220 mile, two over night passage. We encounter very light wind but after not sailing much in the previous three months we are happy to be on the move again and enjoy using our Spinnaker and Code Zero sails. We use the bow sprit to keep our sail in front of the boat and in clean air. No passage is perfect and though conditions are favorable we are hot under the Bahamas' June sun. Joining us on our next adventure is Brian, Kazza & Nugget of s/v Delos. Though they are a much larger boat Calico sails great in light wind and we do a good job of keeping up with them. Captain Bill keeps busy with plenty of sail changes and tweaks does a fantastic job of keeping speeds high in the light breeze. 0:00 Intro 2:20 TTYC Goodbyes 4:30 Downwind Sailing, keep on a rollin'! 7:45 Sailing Change to Assym Kite! 15:05 Tongue of the Ocean, like sailing off the edge of the world! 17:35 trimming the kite 20:00 Nightfall -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Thanks to our Patrons! Enjoying our channel? Consider joining the Calico Skies Patreon family for as little as $2 a month to get lots of extra goodies :) https://www.patreon.com/CalicoSkiesSa... -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Patreon too much of a commitment? show support and buy us a beer or some diesel :) https://paypal.me/calicoskiessailing -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Check out our store and shop our merch at https://sailing-calico-skies.myshopify.com/