Category: Sailing

Greetings from Big Majors Spot Todays adventures were centered around Thunderball Grotto, made famous in the James Bond movie Thunderball and Splash with Tom Hanks. We awoke to a perfectly calm sea where we could see the bottom like it was an aquarium. After school, we had time to take the dinghy to the Settlement…

We dropped the mooring at Wardrick Wells and left the field with more grace than when we entered. Of course the current was running the wrong way, but there was just enough space to turn the boat around without having to back up. Heard a boat calling later on the radio that ran aground on…

Yesterday was a day of land exploration. In the lat 1700’s Waderick Wells had a settlement with a hemp plantation. After school we headed down to the other end of the island in the dinghy and anchored on a sand flat. The trails are well marked and we climbed the hill next to an old…

Noah Diving Hi again from Warderick Wells. We obviously like this spot. After school yesterday, Noah and I tried the floating tricycle at Powerful Beach. It was a real workout to keep even with the current. Building a big sandcastle was more our speed. In the afternoon we spent more time snorkeling around Emerald Rock,…

Good morning!  What is a bananaquit?  They are the resident finch-like bird here at park HQ. A little bit of sugar on your hand and they come and lick out of your palm. We met them first at the park service office and then had one fly down into the cabin. They are cute with…

Greetings from Warderick Wells mooring ball #13. This is HQ for the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park and we arrived shortly after lunch today. Yesterday was another relaxing day at Shroud, where Noah went off and played with kids from Contented Turtle and See U Manana. They all crowded into a dinghy and went…