We sailed north out of Buckaroon Bay with a brisk west wind, stopping near Boat Harbor while a couple of drenching squalls raced through. Once they cleared, we up anchored, sailed around Matt Lowe's Cay and into Marsh Harbour. We did some catching up with friends on Oceanus, met John and Ann on Anomaly, and went into town for some shopping in the "big city" of the Abacos.

After the wind had clocked around to the east, we sailed an easy reach across to Guana Cay and dropped the anchor in Fisher's Bay. We were waiting for some lighter winds to maybe do some snorkeling outside No Name Cay. There were 26 other boats in Fisher's Bay, proably because it was pig roast day at Nipper's.

On Monday we worked our way around Whale Cay and anchored off the swimming pigs' beach at No Name. Our friends on Oceanus arrived just after us, coincidentally with the same plan. No Name is a small, uninhabited (if you don't count the pigs) cay next to Green Turtle. We dinghied in to the beach to pay our respects to the pigs, two sows and three piglets. They seemed delighted to see us, never losing hope that we might actually have something for them to eat. The surf on the ocean side was still a bit rough, to our taste, for snorkeling.

The morning brought a flat calm when we motored the two miles to Green Turtle Cay and anchored in our usual spot off the government dock. Another strong cold front was due to arrive soon and we were scouting out good places to hide. Chris Parker's forecast mentioned squalls with gusts to 40 or 50 knots from Wednesday night through Friday morning. We checked out the Black Sound Marina which looked like a good, inexpensive place to ride out whatever was going to come our way. We returned to Gorgeous Girl and headed up to Manjack Cay where we did some dinghy exploring on a quiet afternoon. We were back at Green Turtle in time for Sally to take me out to dinner for my birthday.

Once this next front passes, we'll be heading back to Florida.