Eleuthera-Spanish Wells

We left Georgetown and had a leisurely sail up to Lee Stocking Island.  We were so glad to see our new friends Anne and Mark on Alderaan.  We were almost the only two boats in the harbor.  We spent a nice happy hour together and hope to join them again next year as they are returning to George Town for the summer.

Dolphins showing us the way out of George Town

                                     
                                                        Sailing along with Alderaan

Happy Birthday to Emma

Our next destination was to be Little Farmer Cay.  We had never stopped there on any of our trips.  However, cruising through the harbor at 1:00 pm, we found it to be a ghost town.  There was one boat in the harbor and it had to have been there awhile.  The marina was closed and we saw only one man fishing on the dock.

Little Farmer Cay's empty marina

So we continued along till we found another new anchorage at White Point.  It is south of Black Point where we have visited many times.  Bentley waits patiently while Will dives to set the anchor.  A regular practice he has.....just another excuse to dive into the clear blue water.

Our next destination was Shroud Cay a 40 mile trip into the Exuma National Park.  This is our favorite place in all of the Exumas.   We have been here many of times, so instead of going to shore and exploring again, we leave the next morning.  We are anxious to meet our friends on Rainbow and they are waiting for us in Spanish Wells,  Eleuthera.  

We stop at the northern most point of the Exuma Cays.....again another first for us.  It is called the Ship Channel Cay and it is completely deserted.  Even the house on the hill is vacant.  We were joined later by a sailboat called Serena that hailed us on the radio and discussed our route tomorrow to Eleuthera.   We will be going through hundreds of coral heads, so it is going to the a 

VPR....visual piloting reguired.  Will stayed on the bow while I dodged the coral heads we saw.

This house has been vacant for awhile

Our route from George Town to Ship Channel Cay....4 days of travel 80 miles approximately 

All those red dots are coral heads.  Massive rocks of coral that are in the water.  Most of them are below the surface, but some can rise above the water line and need to be avoided.