Cape Santa Maria. This is the third stop Columbus made on his first
voyage of discovery. The first landing on the New World was at San
Salvador, about 60 nm east of here. The second stop was at Rum Cay,
about 30 nm east. The third stop was when he stopped on Cape Santa
Maria, literally. Ran aground. His ship Santa Maria ran aground on this
cape. He was asleep at the time.
I have left the Exuma Sound and
are now in the Atlantic Ocean, still motoring hard, trying to get to
Atwood Harbour, Acklins Island tomorrow while the sun is still up. It is
98 nm, and I now have an opposing current slowing me down. I made a
turn when I got past Cape Santa Maria, and now I have the genoa out. I
picked up about 0.3 knots. If I go as fast as I can I might be able to
make it.
Be sure to look at the web page Adventtwo.blogspot.com and look at the Spot location map.
Bill Doar
This is going to be a long night
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