Lazy Day 13th May 2018
On Sunday there is no weather broadcast from Chris Parker,
so we could sleep in. It was after 7:30
when I finally rolled out of bed. I made
coffee and then Mike made crepes for breakfast—yummy. We ran the engine, washed dishes, read our
books and generally lazed around until 10:30 when we took the dinghy to
shore. A quick walk up Boo Boo Hill
provided spectacular views of the surrounding waters. There are so many different shades based on
the depth of the water and the nature of the bottom. It’s just stunning.
We returned to the boat and got ready to go snorkeling. We went to the area known as the Rangers
Garden where there are two dinghy moorings.
While we picked the time based on the timing of low water, there still
seemed to be plenty of current in the cut.
The water was fairly choppy opposite the Park headquarters but we swam
around and enjoyed the amazing array of sea fans, sponges and, of course,
fish. On the way back to Cotinga, Mike
decided to have a look at the sunken vessel next to mooring ball #9. He saw a turtle and the wreck. Then he spotted the shark that seemed to be
coming back for a second look at him. I
was glad I elected to stay in the ‘dumb dog’.
When we got back to Cotinga, the shark kept swimming around our dinghy
and boat for quite a while. Maybe he was
contemplating “the one that got away…”
Lunch and a nap followed our de-salting showers. Soon we will need to get moving again, but it
is great to have a lazy day tied to the mooring ball. Interestingly, half the time we point to the
wind (SW, when the tide is going out), the other half we are bow to the N and
the wind is on the beam, leading to a sense of being healed over to port. The transition can be a bit startling, it seems likely that the stern will hit the
shallows at the side of the channel.
A view down the mooring channel from the Boo Boo hill trail as it crosses mangrove flats
Cotinga moored in Wardewick Wells northern mooring field
Wardewick Wells water - the deeper channel is obvious at low tide
Cotinga in the Wardewick Wells north channel moorings - note the inquisitive nurse shark next to teh dinghy
A close up of that inquisitive nurse shark
Portrait of a curly tailed lizard
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