Today, 1/15/24, the wind changed direction and the swells grew to two feet with strong wind gusts.  So, we pulled up the anchor and headed to Great Harbour on the other side of Peter Island.  We again had issues with our bridle.  This time, the bridle pin was completely gone and the bridle was wrapped around the chain.  I have no idea how that could have happened, as we were fairly consistently faced directly into the wind.  The count is now two lost bridle pins. 

Steve decided to pick up a mooring ball in Great Harbour.  It is very calm and protected in this anchorage.  Right now, anyways, it is quiet in the bay.  There are two industrial-looking boats anchored in the bay and one large ship that we saw in Benures’s Bay one day.  There is one superyacht tucked in this bay and a handful of boats our size.  We are a little nervous about the monohull right next to us.  The mooring balls are positioned closer that we feel comfortable with and if we spin around the ball, we will most likely bump into this boat.  However, Steve thinks that the reason the balls are positioned so closely together is that the wind is funneling through a low part of the surrounding mountains and will hopefully keep our boats positioned in relatively the same direction.  We’ve been tied up to the mooring ball for about an hour now and so far, so good.

Unfortunately, we are not able to walk around this part of Peter Island. It is a private island so we are only able to walk on the beach, which isn’t very large.