Tuesday
June 17th
Travel -
Hurricane to
Highbourne
Highbourne
Cay
Dinner on the Dock
House on private Island
Long Cay
|
Travel
-
Nassau to
Highbourne
.. 37 Nautical Miles ..
.. we
made it across the Waterway and were
tied off to the Nassau Yacht Harbour
Fuel Dock by 06:15 am .. we wanted
to get to the Fuel Dock before any
other Boaters so we would not have
to wait for other Boaters to Fuel up
ahead of us .. as we
waited for the Fuel Dock to open (
08:00 am ) up
we watched Sabrina ( FOX 4 TV - Fort
Myers ) for our last time as we will
be outside the Fort Myers Direct TV
Cone when we head East out of Nassau
..
the
cost for
Diesel was $5.73 a gallon and we
took on 648 gallon .. UFFFDA !! ..
once fueled up we headed out of
Nassau at 8:45 AM into two to three
footers on our Port Side with 10-15
knot winds from the South .. we had
a bright and Sunny day for our
cruise .. and we had a beautiful
cruise to Highborn .. we wound our
way thru the Rocks and Coral that
guard the entrance to the Marina and
was in our Slip by 11:45 am ..
Betty
and Mary Kay went right to the
Grocery / Souvenir Store where Betty
found the hand painted tops and
visors that she had seen there
before and brought a pink one back
to the boat .. Mary Kay enjoyed the
8 Sharks and 2 Rays that were
swimming at the end of the Fuel Dock
.. Joel brought his bread and Johnny
Cake for our dinner later tonight
UMMMMMM .. Marv splashed the Dinghy
and washed out the interior of it
quite well as he had forgotten to
put in the Plug .. ( just cant trust
those River Boaters ) .. the four of
us went exploring the area via
Dinghy and found a beautiful Bay
with a wonderful white sandy Beach
where the girls found a number of
Sand Dollars and just enjoyed the
water .. we could see that there
were at least two people inside the
House on the Beach but they would
not respond to our hand waving etc
until just as we were leaving we saw
the Guy walk to the Beach without
a 'stitch' on .. later I looked
up the location of the Beach and
found that it is a 'Private
Island' ( Long Cay ) ..
if I knew that it was private I
would have taken more photos .. when
we got back to the Boats we had
dinner on the Dock just behind Dee
Light .. the waters here are unreal
.. they are every shade of blue,
clean, clear, warm etc .. it would
seem this is truly Paradise
.. no 3 dippers again tonight too
much Johnny Cake ..
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Wednesday
June 18th
Location -
HighbourneCay
Highbourne
Cay
Sharks at Highbourne Cay
visitor at our dinner on the
Beach
|
In
Port -
Highbourne
Plantation ( 242-356-1008 ) ..
.. Marv
and John worked on Ryan's Plane Ticket
from Nassau to Staniel most of the
morning. Ryan ( John's son ) will be
flying from Sierra on Saturday the 21st
.. and Ryan catching up with us on
Sunday morning the 22nd at Staniel Cay
..
..
since there is a flat rate on electrical
and a charge of $.50 per gallon for
water both John and Marv ran their Water
Makers .. I hesitate to write this in
our Log but as of to date we have not
had to change or clean out a Filter
on anything ( ie Fuel Filters, Generator
Filter, etc ) and both of our Water
Makers have not missed a beat .. it was
overcast and mid day we had a light rain
but that did not stop Betty and Mary Kay
from exploring the local Beaches and yes
they brought more treasures ( ballast )
back to the Boats ..
when
Betty returned to Dee Light she noticed
a large Power Cord running out the back
window to the Dinghy .. OPP's .. Marv
forgot to shut the power off last night
on the Dinghy and sure enough it was
dead this morning ..
.. just
down the Dock from our Boats is the Boat
PRESS ON REGARDLESS from Miami Florida
.. the owner is the Owner of the
magazine Southern Boating .. and the
Boat docked right next to is the Boat
OLD GLORY that was used for a number of
years in the American Cup Races as a
Viewing Boat .. the owner of the Boat is
constructing a House on Norman Cay ..
after lunch we walked to the end of the
Dock at the Marina where about ten
Sharks were looking for their lunch ..
they really gave Autumn a doubletake ..
.. in
the afternoon we watched Tim Russert's
eulogy on TV .. what a loss ..
.. Mary
Kay and John prepared a delicious Pork
Chop dinner with seasoning from PATTY'S
in Green Turtle
Marina in
Tennessee .. we carried it over to the
Beach Picnic Table and enjoyed the sound
of the Waves and
the
little Yellow Finches that joined us for
dinner .. after dinner we walked up the
hill behind the Marina and
enjoyed
the view of the Ocean on the other side
of the Island .. Marv had 6 Deviled Eggs
for dinner but even
that did
not stop him from his usual 3 dippers ..
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Thursday
June 19th
Location -
Highbourne
Cay
Eric Dock Hand -
Highbourne
|
In Port - Highbourne Plantation (
242-356-1008 ) ..
.. we got
a light rain last night so our Boats are
again salt free ..
.. in the
morning after a Thunderstorm
but it
passed quickly and the sun came out and
it was bright and
sunny
all day with 20-25 knot winds ..
we
asked Eric the Dock Hand at Highbourne
Plantation for advice on
taking
the Dinghy to Normans Cay for lunch ..
about 10:00 am we headed South to
Norman's Cay and the
Beach
Club at Mac Duff's ( formally Mac Duff's
Bar and Grill ) for lunch .. we tried to
head down the East side
of the
Islands as the winds were coming out of
the Southwest ..
John was
ducking as he was riding in the
bow
.. Marv tried several different routes
but no better ..
well so
much for a good plan .. we got our
Dinghy
into 4 to
6 footers with no sign of any change so
we
surfed
back .. on our way back to the Marina
Betty and
Mary Kay
spotted a new to them Beach so right
after a quick lunch on our Boats they
headed out on foot for
the Beach
..
the
shelling was poor but had a good time ..
there is no such thing as a bad Beach ..
they
returned
with much additional Ballast for our
Boats ..
..
yesterday Betty had
shared some of her sea glass and helped
“Debbie” on this
Nordhavn
to make a
necklace
from her favorite shell .. so today she
stopped by Dee Light and gave us 2 huge
Filet Mignon steaks
in
repayment .. we had seen a fresh
Cauliflower in the little Store at the
Marina so Mary Kay went up to get it
and
“OH_MI_GOT” it was $6.97 for one little
one
.. John grilled the steaks for our
dinner .. we again had on
the Beach
.. just as we were finishing dinner the
winds changed direction by 180 degrees
and the Birds came
from all
directions .. we thought that we were in
the center of
Alfred
Hitchcock's
movie 'The Birds' .. 40 to 50
birds
were all around us within seconds and
once the food was gone they disappeared
.. after dinner we went
back to
the Dock for our desert .. the rains
held off long enough for us to polish
off a couple of bowls of ..
YUP ..
Ice Cream and diet Jell-O ..
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Friday
June 20th
Travel -
Highbourne
to Staniel
Waterspout at
Highbourne
Cay
Staniel Cay Yacht Club Bar
|
Travel -
Highbourne
to Staniel ..
.. this morning
when we walked up to the Office ( 07:50 am ) to checkout we spotted a huge
Waterspout just West of the Marina and it appeared to be coming right for us as
was not moving either North or South .. and right with it was a beautiful
Rainbow... and sure enough I did not have my Camera so I ran down the Dock ..
good for me the Waterspout lasted over 40 minutes .. see photo to left ( a
number of people have asked for a copy of this photo and it is now on the News
Wall at Staniel Cay ) .. the Waterspout was followed by a downpour of RAIN and a
good old fashion Thunderstorm .. we even saw the Exuma Park Warden Boat come
into the Marina to get out of the Storm .. we waited in the Marina for the
weather to pass before we headed out for Staniel .. we left Highborne at 11:45
after the stormy weather had passed thru and enjoyed a great trip to Staniel
arriving at 3:00 pm ..
the
Dockmaster put 60 foot Dee Light into a 61 foot tie-along .. Marv's skill shone
as he slid us right between those 2 Boats without touching anything .. UUFFFDDA
!! ..
Staniel Cay Yacht Club has a great
Bar-Restaurant-Marina, Internet Café and the food is good too .. needless to say
right after a little Staniel Gift Shopping Betty scooted right up there and had
her Kalik with glass of ice .. we splashed the Dinghy and explored the area,
noting Thunderball, the mommy Pig with her Piglet on Big Majors and a couple of
Beaches .. when Betty and Mary Kay were done with their shelling we hurried back
to Marina and was ready for the dinner bell at 07:30 pm sharp .. and what a
dinner it was .. can you believe they were too full for 3 dippers ..
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Saturday
June 21st
Location
-
Staniel
Thunderball
Thunderball
Big Majors Island
|
In Port -
Staniel Cay Yacht Club (
242-355-2024 ) Chubby - Harbormaster ..
http://www.stanielcay.com
..
.. the
Internet Service is FREE here at Staniel
Cay .. the Hot Spot that they have set
up is in the corner of the YC Bar both
inside and outside with the bugs ..
during the day and evening it is SLOW
mostly due to the Boaters that are
anchored out come in to use it at that
time .. but John and Marv have found that at 05:00
am if you can put up with the bugs etc
it is MUCH faster .. a local Boy (
Andrew bout 11 years old ) came by the
Boat looking for some work to do so I
hired him to wash the Dinghy .. it did
not need to be cleaned after all the
rain yesterday but .. he was so cute ..
.. in
the morning
Betty and
Mary Kay took a walk and went exploring
.. they stopped at the Blue Market and
Betty bought a cabbage for $5.40 .. she
was sure there was some gold inside
somewhere
.. John splashed his Dinghy and spent
some time troubleshooting the Motor ..
it just
wouldn’t run right .. John fussed and
tweeted and even beached it and filed on
the prop, all to no avail, but when John
and Marv really got to looking close
they discovered there was A SPARKPLUG
WIRE off .. “ those river boaters”, one
just never knows ..
it ran
like a champ after discovering the
problem .. we spent part of the morning
exploring a few Beaches and Swimming
Pigs and got in the water on a couple of
them .. we ended up at the Thunderball
Club for a drink before we headed back
to the Boats for lunch ..
..
after lunch we took the Dinghies and our
Snorkeling stuff to the Thunderball Cave
.. it is very beautiful with the fish,
plants coral and underwater life .. Mary
Kay made many friends of the fish with
her bag of green peas .. Marv took
pictures with his Underwater Camera, but
forgot to put in the Memory Card ( good
thing that the Camera has a built in
memory ) so I know we will be returning
tomorrow .. later we had a mini pitch in
for dinner on Root Beer Float .. can you
believe it they skipped the 3 scoopers
again ..
|
Sunday
June 22nd
Location
-
Staniel
Ryan arrives
Golf Cart Island tour
dinner at Staniel
|
In Port -
Staniel Cay Yacht Club (
242-355-2024 ) -
http://www.stanielcay.com
..
..
we had a sunny, breezy and very
warm day .. John and Mary Kay are so
excited, their son Ryan is flying in
this am to spend a couple of weeks with
them on their Boat .. John's rented a
Golf Cart and at about 08:30 am he
headed to the Staniel Cay Airport to
pick up Ryan .. he and his wife have
been living in Syria and are on their
way to Malaysia where they will be
living and teaching for at least the
next year .. we all are enjoying his
being here .. Marv and Betty went to the
local Baptist Church, the music was good
as they increase the
Tempo and
change some of the words as we had
learned them as children .. all of us
took the Golf Cart and went to the Ocean
Beach. With the color of the water, the
crashing waves and high bluffs it is
very beautiful.
guess
what Kim, Mary Kay found a SEA BEAN,
and of course Betty is quite envious ..
Marv and
John took dinghy and went to Samson Cay
to secure dockage for tomorrow night ..
the Marina has had Marv calling back
every day to no avail, but the expert
manipulator was able to get us space
.. Marv was able to find the
Harbormaster and hopefully we will be
able to get dockage there the next few
nights when the winds are predicated to
pick up .. YEAH .. Marv saw Bill and Michelle at
Sampson .. the girls and Ryan went
to Thunderball Cave and did some
snorkeling .. Ryan went thru the Cave
and came out the Tunnel .. we were sure
glad to see him come out Mary Kay lost
her bag of peas but the fish must have
remembered us from yesterday as they
mobbed us again ..
.. when
we had dinner at the Staniel Cay
Bar-Restaurant Autumn got one of the
Wing Doors open and joined some of the
Boaters on the Dock for Docktails .. she
also enjoyed the 3 scoopers that we had
later on the Back Deck of Dee Light ..
Marv and John were feeling generous as
they allowed Ryan to have 3 scoopers
also .. the girls enjoyed their diet
Jell-O .. after our Ice Cream Ryan
joined Marv and John at the Internet
Cafe ..
|
Monday
June 23rd
Travel -
Staniel to
Sampson
Sampson Cay Club
Shark feeding |
Travel -
Staniel Cay Yacht Club to
Sampson Cay
..
www.sampsoncayclub.com
- 7 Nautical Miles
.. sunny,
breezy, increasing to windy ..
we
got our Boats ready to move out and we
waited for our call from the Sampson Cay
Club .. with the winds we helped a
number of the other boaters move out of
the Marina .. at noon we got our call
and yes we got dockage at Sampson Cay ..
in route to Sampson the Generator on Dee
Light quit .. good thing it was a short
trip as we would not want to have our
Ice Cream melt .. UFFDAA !! .. we were
docked by 01:00 pm .. they
put us by the Fuel Pumps in front of the
actual Docks and tied next to us is of
all things an 85 foot Pacific Mariner,
of course Marv and Betty are drooling as
it is their dream Boat ..
.. and sure enough
we did not even have the Lines tied off
and Mary
Kay and Betty were off to the Beaches
with Ryan .. they did return
for a quick lunch and they were off once
again to the Beaches and Flats .. Marv
spent some time making water and
checking out Dee Light's Generator and
ended up E-mailing an old friend Bill
Cooksey who now lives in the Exumas ..
Marv
printed some photos of the Water Spout
as the word has spread about the photo
.. with the aid of the photo Marv has
been using his most persuasive
personality to get us dockage .. John spent part of the afternoon at the
Internet Lawn Claire that overlooks the
Flats behind the Marina ..
Ryan is
enjoying the beauty of this area and
loves getting in the water and
snorkeling ..
after the
Gals and Ryan returned we had a
deelightful dinner at the Clubs
Restaurant .. after dinner the Captain
on the Boat next to us turned on their
Underwater Lights and fed the Sharks
that lurk around the Docks ..
it is
called “chumming” feeding the Sharks
ground Fish that had been frozen ..
there were 5 large ones with the little
Parasite Fish along with them, coming to
the surface, and circling the area ..
believe me we all stepped back, and no
one wanted to go swimming ..
..
everyone
was so tired that we all ended up
heading to bed without even one scoop of
Ice Cream ..
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Tuesday
June 24th
Location -
Sampson Cay Club
visit from the Defence Force
Sharks at Compass Cay
Bill and Michelle's Boat
the Sea Shell Shellers
|
In Port -
Sampson Cay Club ( 242-355-2034 )
..
www.sampsoncayclub.com
.. Sunny,
Breezy, Very Warm
.. about
08:00 am we had a courtesy visit from
the Bahaman Defence Force ( seems its
their version of our Coast Guard, PT 42
) .. we passed
..
..
Betty and
Mary Kay went for a hike, Betty took her
to the other beaches and to the nature
trail that runs the length of the Island
.. the trail is nothing like the trails
we might know, having sharp Coral and
large Water Holes and is quite steep in
places .. a person needs not to slip and
fall on the jagged and sharp Coral, we
didn’t see one sign, just some little
piles of rocks that point the way to go
..
.. Bill
( see photo ) was here about 10:00 am ..
with his Pressure Testing Equipment we
discovered a Water Hose that had a leak
in it .. there was an Electrical Wire
that has been rubbing on the Water Hose
since day one and just now has developed
the leak .. well with Bills help and a
section of Water Hose from John we got
the Generator repaired and running again
by noon ..
..
after a quick lunch we took the two
Dinghies out past Overyonder Cay and
headed up Pipe Creek to
Compass Cay .. the whole area is
scattered with Inlets and small Islands
..
Pipe
Creek is very wide and runs between
small Islands and Cays and lots of UGLY
Coral Heads .. we stopped at the Compass Cay Marina
and talked with Tucker .. he said that
his son Trevor Rolle was taking over the
operation of the Marina .. it
is skinny water with a lot of
Coral to get there so they will send out
a Boat to lead you in ..
we checked
out dockage at the Marina in the hopes
that we will be able to get in there in
a few days .. we shopped at
the Marina Store, had a Soda, MK did some shelling
and Ryan played with the Sharks on the
Dinghy Dock
“petting
them” UGH .. on our way back we
checked out the Marinas Entrance and
went past Bill and Michelle's Boat ..
Bill is replacing his Generator and has
his their Boat temporarily docked at
Smidgen
Cay .. Mike who owns the Island has been
kind enough to let them use his Dock for
the whole procedure .. they are normally
on their Mooring out where the other
three Vessels are moored just West of
the Dock (on the other side of the Sand
Bar .. the Island that Bill manages is
Hatti Cay .. it is right next door to
Smidgen .. they have a great
neighborhood and is consider it to be
one of the best spots in the Exumas (
Pipe creek area ) ..
they were relaxing in the waters off the Beach ..
.. when
we made it back to the Marina it was
approaching Low Tide and the Gals wanted
to do some shelling in the Flats behind
the Marina ..
Ryan
found many large Conch, a Horse Conch,
and a small perfect Helmet. Mary Kay
and Betty's stash were smaller but
respectable .. Ryan also found an old
Camera that had at one time been a
really nice Minolta (
see photo
) .. it appears to have been in the
water a long time, so knowing that Marv
has been wanting another Camera, gave it
to him as a gift ..
when
they got tired we had a Pot-Luck style
dinner aboard Root Beer Float .. no
3 dippers again tonight as all were way
too tired ..
..
later the
second
Bahamian Defence Force boat came in.
this one has 13 crew members PT 27 ..
later the Defence Force had to move
their 60 Cutter in the dark as the Mail
Boat is due in later .. it was quite a
sight ( Chinese Fire Drill ) ..
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Wednesday
June 25th
Location -
Sampson Cay Club
US DECCA Station
picnic dinner
|
In Port -
Sampson Cay Club ( 242-355-2034 )
..
www.sampsoncayclub.com
.. at about 05:45 am the
weekly
Mail / Supply Boat pulled up to the Fuel
Dock .. in addition to all the supplies
that they delivered there were many
children returning from being off to
school .. Tucker from Compass Cay came
by Skiff to pick up supplies and two
people (
see photos
) ..
they
restocked the little Store and
Restaurant .. by evening the fresh
produce in the Store was cleaned out
.. we got 2 bananas and some grapes ..
we made water again today and did
laundry .. once we got organized for the
day it did not take long for the Gals to
head out for the Flats with their Schell
Gear in hand .. when they got back they
said that they were going to spend much
of the day working on their treasures ..
.. the Guys took the Dinghy to the US
DECCA Station .. when Front Page was
here a number of weeks ago they said
that there was a mostly sunk Aircraft at
the DECCA Station that they tried to
move to make more room along the
Retaining Wall to tie off Boats .. we
looked for the Aircraft but it was no
ware to be found ..
.. when we got back from out Dinghy trip
to the DECCA Station we found that the
Gals had decided to have a picnic
tonight at a
cute
little Tiki hut on a beautiful sandy
Beach
..
John
cooked Hamburgers on his Grill ..
when we walked to out picnic area we
went up to the highest spot on the
Island .. from there you can get a
fantastic 360 degree view of the area
including the Marina (
see photos
) ..
.. when we were having dinner the Fuel
Barge (
see photos
) out of Nassau arrived at the Marina
and pumped 2,000 gallons of Diesel into
the Marina's Fuel Tank .. for some
reason Fuel has become scarce in this
area so they are rationing out the Fuel
that they have .. and YES this was
a
3 scooper night ..
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Thursday
June 26th
Location -
Sampson Cay Club
MK and Betty's new Footwear
Misty's Memorial
picnic dinner
|
In Port -
Sampson Cay Club ( 242-355-2034 )
..
www.sampsoncayclub.com
.. last night when I went to shut the
Watermaker off I discovered that a High
Pressure Hose had come off the end of
one of the Water Filters so this morning
I cleaned up the mess and at the same
time cleaned up the last of the
Generator stuff .. I also ran the
Generator and all seams good to go ..
with the am Low Tide Ryan took Lil Dee
and the Schallers out to the Flats ..
.. when John and I were working on the
Watermaker we saw a leak developing in
the main Water Line for all of the Air
Conditioners .. the incoming salt water
had eaten a hole right thru the one inch
nipple (
see photo
) .. I was really lucky as John had an
extra one inch nipple that we were able
to put to good use and we had the Air
back in running order within an hour ..
the word got out that the Fuel Tanker
made it to Sampson last night so the
Fuel Dock was BUSY all day .. we filled
up both of our Dinghies also .. last
year when we were here with the RPYC
Boaters Bill and Sharon's dog Misty
passed away when we were here .. I went
and visited the Stone Memorial that we
constructed (
see photo
) ..
.. in the afternoon Ryan and John took
Lil Dee out to do some snorkeling .. it
was so WINDY that they never even made
it in the water but they had a great
cruise all around the Island of Sampson
Cay and into a number of small Bays ..
.. at about 05:00 pm Compass Cay said
that they would have room for us for the
next few days so we hoisted Lil Dee
aboard the Bow of Dee Light and got
stuff ready for our departure in the
morning ..
.. later John grilled Fish on his
Electric Grill and we had another picnic
dinner .. this time we went to the
Gazebo near the narrow entrance to the
main Harbour .. for desert Betty made up
the last of our Canolas that we had from
a prior cruise ..
|
Friday
June 27th
Travel -
Sampson to Compass
Dinghies to Rachel's Bath
Compass Cay - Sharks
dinner aboard Dee Light
|
Travel -
Sampson to Compass Cay ..
www.compasscay.com/press.htm
.. 9 Nautical Miles ..
.. after the Marina woke up John
relocated ( right before the Defence
Force came back to the Marina ) to the
Fuel Dock and took on some Diesel .. we
left Sampson Cay just after 09:00 am (
low tide ) and with the winds at our
back we had a great cruise to Compass
Cay .. we called the Marina as we were
approaching the outer Marker ( Red ) and
the Marina sent out a Pilot Boat
that guided us into the marina .. I had
put a course into both of our Nobeltec
systems but the Marina has changed the
route into their Marina since the last
Nobeltec update .. good thing that we
had a Pilot Boat (
see photos
).. PT 27 followed
us into the Marina .. they must be
following us along ..
.. after getting docked and checked in
we splashed the Dinghies and headed out
for Rachel's Bubble Bath (
see photos
and
more photos
) on the North end of Compass Cay
.. after beaching the Dinghies we
walked upstream thru Rachel's Falls and
at the end of the Stream we were treated
to Rachel's Bubble Bath where the Seas
crash into the Rocks and splash into a
small pond .. ie Rachel's Bubble Bath .. what a 'photo
op' .. we spent much time there as the
360 degree view was unreal .. and of
course Mary came back with many more
treasures ..
.. when we got back to the Marina we
petted the Sharks and Ryan swam with the
Sharks (
see photos
) .. we met Scott ( HIGH ON THE HOG
) from our home Marina ( Legacy Harbour
Marina ) Fort Myers ..
.. Betty prepared a deelightful dinner
aboard Dee Light .. and yes it did
include .. yup .. Ice Cream ..
|
Saturday
June 28th
Location - Compass Cay
Compass Cay Marina
'Ruins'
land of the giants
|
In Port - Compass Cay (
242-355-2137
) ..
www.compasscay.com/press.htm
..
.. the four of us headed out for a walk
around the Island .. there are paths
that have been developed mostly just for
getting from point A to B to etc .. on
the East side of the Island we found the
'Ruins' (
see photo
) of a very nice home that must have
been a victim of a Hurricane .. John and
I headed back after two hours but the
others continued on for another two hour
.. they tried to make it to the North
end of the Island but did not get there
.. on our way back John and I found a
neat spot that overlooks the entire
Marina (
see photos
) ..
.. after a quick lunch and a nap ( Betty
) we took the Dinghies out to explore
some of the area Beaches etc .. it was
so WINDY that we had to be selective on
just where we ended up going .. after
our last Beach I took Betty South to the
DECCA Station as she had not seen it
when we were there a few days ago .. as
we were returning to the Marina we saw
this huge Boat ( 130 foot Westport
- SEA BEAR ie the owner is
Jack Nickolas ) being guided towards
the Marina by a small
Pilot Boat .. our side entertainment for
the day was watching the Captain dock
the Boat in the winds and the current
that passes thru the Marina Basin (
see photos
) ..
they had 20 plus guests aboard and it did not
take any time and the kids were swimming
with the Sharks .. apparently Jack
Nickolas is not aboard .. the quests are
friends of his .. later the Crew
arranged for their guests to be boated
to Staniel for dinner and the Crew
enjoyed dinner and a break on the Dock
..
.. a number of LARGE
Boats have been in and out of the Marina
since we first came here by Dinghy .. it
is clear that Compass Cay has been
discovered by the Mega Boats .. later we had a great dinner on the
Back Deck of Root Beer Float .. and just
after the sunset another Mega Boat (
MUSTANG SALLY ) moved
in right next to Dee Light .. it came
directly from Fort Lauderdale to Compass
Cay with one stop at Nassau for fuel and
customs ..
|
Sunday
June 29th
Location - Compass
Cay
Compass Cay Marina
shelling at Rocky Dundas
Mega Yachts at Compass
SEA BEAR at night
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In Port - Compass Cay (
242-355-2137
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.. the Crew from SEA BEAR
splashed their three Dinghies and took
the kids to the Beach ..
.. the owners of the Boat MUSTANG SALLY
own the Pier that we are docked on ..
this morning Tucker said that they may
have another Boat coming in and thus we
will have to move .. the Crew of MUSTANG
SALLY also brought a large amount of
miscellaneous supplies for the Marina ..
.. we took the Dinghies to a small
Island called Rocky Dundas at the Conch
Cut and close to the Exuma Land and Sea
Park Boundary .. the entire area is just
beautiful .. and I am not going to even
try to describe it with words .. it was
too windy to tie off on the Dinghy
Mooring Balls so we beached the Dinghies
on the back side of the Island .. there
are so many Sea Treasures you could just
scoop them up with shovels and fill the
Dinghies .. and Mary Kay did just about
that .. it had to be a Forty Pounder
outing for her .. and did MK had a BIG
smile on her face .. Root Beer Float
sunk very low in the water and bubbled
out a gasp ..
.. it was mid afternoon before we got
back to the Marina and we were told that
we would not have to move as they found
a spot for the 85 footer that is headed
this way ..
.. the Staff ( three ) at the Marina
were busy grilling burgers for a large
group of people that were on the Docks
playing / feeding the Sharks .. and yes
Sharks do love burgers ..
.. in the afternoon the Mega Yachts
started to move in and the Docks were
filled .. later a Boat that had reserved
dockage many days ago was told that they
had over booked the Marina and that they
did not have dockage for them .. before
dark they were able to squeak them into
the Marina ..
.. we had another deelightful dinner
aboard Dee Light .. Betty said that she
has had it with cooking and that she is
no longer going to cook once we are at a
Marina where there is a Restaurant ..
.. after dinner we put together a Shark
Sign with our names on it .. we will
find a place for it in the morning ..
the winds continued right thru the night
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