Anchoring

When we sailed to Boca Grande Island today, the recommended place to anchor was on the north side of the island. The problem with this location was that it’s a channel that drains the “flats” area behind the island. Twice a day the tides go in and out through this channel. That’s a lot of water for a small channel. When we got here, the tide was running full at 3 kts! That is ½ of our normal cruising speed. I decided to use the Bahamian method of anchoring. That’s where you put out two anchors, one up current and another one down current so that when the current switches direction, (and you switch direction), the boat will still have an anchor that is “upstream” of your boat. It’s a bit of a hassle but, with the Goose secured in both directions it made sleeping much easier.