Day 23 dawned windy and partly cloudy. We listened to the brief weather report from Highbourne Cay marina, which called for increasing winds the next few days. We decided that we were going to move to Warderick Wells Cay regardless whether we got a mooring ball. When the announcement of boats that received a mooring was read, neither ours nor our friend’s boat name was mentioned. I hailed Dennis with the news, and we prepared to get underway. Fifteen minutes later, the Exuma Land and Sea Park hailed Dennis. I responded as Dennis could not hear their call. Once their mooring was secured, I asked about ours, and we were on the mooring ball next to Dennis and Mary. With a huge sigh of relief, we motored out of the Normans Cay anchorage.
As noted above, the winds were slated to increase, and they did as we had consistent 18 – 24 knot winds on our journey. With those winds we had 3 to 5 foot seas and took several dousing, with water coming up to the coach roof. It was a wild 20 mile ride!!! Here is a picture of Dennis and Mary's boat on the journey.
As we made the turn into Warderick Wells, the seas diminished as we were on the lee side of the island. We motored into the mooring field which is a narrow channel, and attached to a mooring ball. No more worries for a couple of nights about anchor watch. We checked in and became an Exuma Land and Sea fleet member. One, the membership gave us two free nights and also priority should we require another stay. Looking over the anchorage, we can see why it is so popular.
We dingyed back and settled in for a good night’s sleep, without the worries of anchor drag and wave slap. The tidal change created an almost musical sound as the water passed under our hulls.
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