The morning was spent getting fresh, hot wheat bread from Emerald’s bakery (their kitchen). After slicing the bread and loading the dingy with gas and water cans, off we went back to the dock. We offloaded the stores, and hoisting the dingy and engine back aboard, we are on our way to Compass Cay. Part of the duties when leaving an anchorage is disposing of the waste from our holding tank once we are in deeper water. Well, Houston we have a problem, the waste is not draining, and unlike a house, you can’t call a plumber to fix it. I finally resolved the situation by getting in the water and unplugging the problem. Ah, the joys of cruising. With this situation resolved, we motored into the anchorage with an all sand bottom. When we set our anchors, they buried so that all you could see the chain. We’ll sleep secure tonight, even though the front was to blow through and switch the winds from the north / northeast at 10 to 15+ knots.
Soon after we were anchored, two women rowing a dingy came by. With the tie going out, a strong current was running making it difficult for them to return to their boat. They asked if they could rest by holding on to our boat, and we chatted. We found that their boat was a Wharram, which only draws about a foot of water, a foot less than our boat. After offloading the dingy, we he went exploring the island. The water is so clear that we could see the ripples in the sand in 6 – 7 feet of water. Today was one of the hottest days that we have had, and getting in the water, 78 degrees, felt great.
We dingyed to the east side of the island through the channel, and at the point little waves were breaking. I got closer to look at the break, and what it was breaking over, which was sand and rocks. The waves were too small to ride, so off we went to a beach on the west side, which we had passed on our way to the anchorage. After pulling the dingy ashore we explored the beach. We were finding several beautiful shells including a sand dollar and a purple conch with its resident still at home, until I ventured into the water and retrieved several small conch shells. Beth capured a starfish in the water and then joined me gathering the conch shells.
We dingyed back to the anchorage snapping some pictures of our boats. We stopped at Dennis and Mary’s for some libations and snacks. We all agreed that this was one of the most beautiful places we had been including the land and sea park. Back at the boat, I grilled some soy burgers before calling it a day.
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