Birthday Special

Birthday Special   ...   Friday 1^st March 2013

I’m sitting in the cockpit watching the last traces of light seep from the sky.  Today has been a different day in a few ways.  First, we got lucky with the single sideband radio.  We were able to hear the forecast, so we had a plan in place.  The second stroke of luck came in the form of a mooring re-assignment.  We were able to move to a mooring further into the harbor.  That meant that Plan B was in effect—wait out the next batch of big winds here in Warderwick Wells.  Because we had no need to go far, we ate a big breakfast and had a relaxing morning. 

In the afternoon, we went to shore for a walk up Boo Boo Hill.  On the top of this outcropping is a large pile of debris.  Each piece has a boat name and date.  This has become a tradition among boaters to leave a piece of “driftwood” as a sort of calling card.  To be honest, it’s unsightly but fascinating at the same time.  We saw a “Serendipity” that was not our friends Lynn and Lee (based on the dates).  We also saw a “Seas the Day” (the name of Paul and Fran's boat) but no “Cotinga”.

After our walk we went back to the boat to get ready to snorkel.  This can only be done at slack water, the current being too strong the rest of the time.  It was very beautiful. The clarity of the water is astonishing.  We saw many fish, several lobsters and only one barracuda.  The wind and current were starting to increase so we came back to the boat.

Birthday rum was consumed to celebrate Mike’s birthday.  I think the emails from his sister, his brother and especially Tasha were the highlight of his day.  For my birthday, Mike managed to stir up a hurricane.  The best I’m going to do is Christmas pudding heated up in the manner of boater’s toast.…

Gloria

24 23.814 N, 76 37.954 W

"Cotinga" on mooring ball 8 in the northern mooring field - it's close to low tide and the shallowness of the and bank that dominates the area between islands is very evident

Like ducks in a row - the north mooring field Wardewick Wells - note "Cotinga" second from the left having moved inside the channel

The view from Boo Boo Hill - Exuma Sound (deep) on the right, the bank side (shallow) and mooring field on the left

"Russ" - a fellow cruiser came by to say hello shortly after we took our new mooring