Now that I have figured out how to embed video…
Here is some video of the airplane that crashed at Normans Cay back in the late 70s or early 80s. It is purported to have been used as a drug smuggling plane from Columbia to Normans.
Feeding Time
Quick unedited video of us feeding the stingrays at volley ball beach, it’s about a minute long. This is on Stocking Island Exuma.
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Departing
We are still in Georgetown Exuma until tomorrow. We are starting our slow trip north and west back to the US. We have had a great time here but we have to get back…so we can be ready to leave again in the fall!
We really haven’t taken many pictures but here are a few of what we see everyday.
This is the anchorage we have been in the entire time, Monument Beach. It’s very protected, there are fewer boats here and it’s quiet:
Very nice beach and lots of hiking trails:
Lobster season ended March 31 but we still had one tail in the freezer. Not enough for dinner so we had it as an appetizer…fried lobster bites! Mmmmmmm!
Afternoon rain:
And a beautiful sunset:
We are leaving Georgetown tomorrow on the tide and making a short trip north. We are going to treat ourselves to a few days in the Sandals Resort Marina.
Exuma
While here we had a couple of days of marginal weather so we had to stay close to the boat. There is a monument on Stocking Island, atop a hill just east of us, so we decided to hike up and see what we could see. I can’t find the purpose of the monument and there is no plaque but it was a nice hike.
Concrete monument on top of the hill:
Up this trail:
Then a little rope climb:
Then up just a bit more:
Ta Da:
Looking southeast:
Looking northwest:
Then we hiked over to the beach on the east side of the island:
Then back to the boat for happy hour. Rum punch, Kalik light, and smoked fish dip!
We have had a great visit with Tanya’s Aunt and Uncle:
These are much better in the “open” position:
We all jumped in the dinghy and headed over to Chat n Chill on Stocking Island:
Howard and I trying to get something from the bar. Actually the service and food was quite good:
Shoe repair?
Beach signs:
Dinghy tie up on the beach:
Another fun day:
Beautiful beach in front of Chat N Chill:
Feeding the stingrays:
Then we headed down to Little Exuma and spent the day at the Tropic of Cancer Beach:
It was very crowded:
Tanya’s Aunt and Uncle left today, sad to see them go. We are staying here a few more days then we will start to head north again.
Rehash
Just a quick rehash so I can put more location pins on the map.
We were anchored on the west side of Great Guana Cay in the Exumas watching this every night:
In the Bahamas the prevailing winds are from the east, or some component of east, so we try to stay to the west side of the islands for protection. The body of water to the west is called the Exuma Banks and they are shallow, generally less than 15 feet deep. The water to the east is called the Exuma Sound and can be thousands of feet deep. When we pass from one side to the other we have to go through a “cut” which has to be timed right. If a strong wind opposes the current in the cut the surface of the water can get quite rough. When conditions get really bad they call it a “rage” and it can last for days. From Great Guana we had to leave the protection of the west, and head east out into the Exuma Sound, then south in order to get to Georgetown. Once the winds subsided we timed our passage through Galliot Cut. Light wind and current in the same direction made for a very smooth trip as we squeeze through the cut:
Then 40 miles south we headed into Conch Cay Cut, again a smooth trip:
And into Elizabeth Harbour which is actually about 11 miles long. Sailboats dotting the shoreline ahead:
Dea Latis at anchor off of hamburger beach, second from the right:
We took the dinghy across the harbor into Lake Victoria to check out the town. The supermarket in town has a dock in the lake for everyone to use. Welcome:
Another shot of Dea Latis, middle of the five boats:
We have been visiting with Tanya’s aunt and uncle for the past week, so when I get those pictures sorted out I will update again…
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