|
Wait…can this be? A passage of just a
couple of hours with no knockout swells? A gentle breeze?
Balmy temperatures?
You’d think Mercury had gone direct or
something!
We headed generally south of east from
Belize City at around 11:30 a.m. for a string of mangrove
islands called the Drowned Cays, and a particular channel
through them called Bannister Bogue, found it without
problems, and dropped anchor in about 12 feet of water in
front of two big sailboats at about 4:30 p.m. It didn’t
seem all that great for swimming, as a pretty decent current
through the bogue ran from the lagoon east of us to the
flats to the west.
We were surprised to find a resort of
sorts newly built on the east side of the cay, and had a few
go-fast boats zoom past the anchorage during the late
afternoon, but by the time cocktails and dinner had been
accomplished, it was all quiet.
Here is the chart we are using, from
Freya Raucher’s cruising guide, and pictures of the bogue.
|
