We left Black Point Settlement on the 11th of February for Little Bay because of an expected blow to come through on Saturday/Sunday. We managed to get one of the better anchorages within Little Bay and rode out the blow for a couple of days. Then on the 15th of February the Bahamian Defense Task Force arrived. They slowly dispatched a dinghy which made a quick run over to Black Point. After about an hour the dinghy returned to the area but did not stop at their ship. Instead, the dinghy came into our anchorage and headed to a neighboring sailboat, but nobody was home. Next the dinghy made its way over to our boat, Big Run. After a few quick greetings, we were informed that they would be boarding our vessel for an inspection. Four of the five dinghy occupants boarded our boat but only the officer in charge came into the boat for an inspection. We presented our cruising permits, passports and immigration papers to one of the junior officers while I gave the senior officer a tour of the boat. Fifteen minutes later they all piled back into their small dinghy and proceeded onto the next boat. We watched the task force dinghy makes its rounds through our anchorage for about a half hour, most of the other boaters had left in the dinghies to go elsewhere. It was then that we realized that of the 15 boats there, we were on the only boat to be boarded by the Bahamian Defense Task Force.
Above photo - HMBS Yellow Elder at anchor just outside of Little Bay.
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