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GPS position at 22-11-2005, 18:00 GMT
N16°23.68', W086°9.02'
We woke up to blue skies with the winds still blowing steadily. The weather window looked good for us to make the short crossing between Roatan and Guanaja. Jack on "Kitty Hawk" had already left, eager to get home.
We motored out the bight and set our sails. 2 reefs in the main sail (to 'reef' means shorten the sail, 'reefing points' just allow it to be made smaller) and the stay sail had us steaming along at 7 knots!! The fastest Kilifi has ever been we think!
The seas got steadily bigger as we passed the edge of Roatan until we were in the 10 mile stretch of open sea between the two islands. Here there was no protection from the land and the waves were averaging 8 feet with some up to 12 feet! Kilifi rolled from side to side and surfed down some of them too. A scary ride in places especially when blue water came over the boat and filled the cockpit with a foot of water!
Just as the seas got bigger we heard one of the fishing rods whiz, letting us know we had caught a fish. Usually we slow the boat down but there was no quick way of doing that in the seas we were in. We knew it was a big fish as it was almost pulling the rod out of its holder and even though Pete put up a good fight the fish was too big for the lure we were using and broke it clean away. No fish for supper tonight.
It was a relief to get to Guanaja and have calmer seas once again. Last time we where in Guanaja was just for a few hours back in May. The island looked lusher than ever as the evening sun reflected off the sea.
We passed the lighthouse and Dunbar rock, and anchored in front of a very shiny Kitty Hawk.
That evening we were thoroughly spoiled at Jack's house. We sipped wine in the hot tub on the balcony overlooking the bay. Fireflies flickered in the trees and we chilled out before having a fantastic meal.
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