The wind is still blowing in the mid-twenties out of the NE so we remain at a mooring in Warderick Wells. If we hadn’t been “stuck” here, we might not have met the interesting crew of Sun 21. From Basel, Switzerland this boat has crossed the Atlantic using nothing but solar power and electric engines. They pulled up to the mooring next to us and we offered them a ride ashore. Dr. Vosseler showed Noah and I around the 21 ft catamaran topped by a flat roof covered with solar panels. They have a website at www.transatlantic21.ch if you want more information about their adventure.
The ranger came out with a bigger boat to ferry the crew ashore, so they didn’t need our help after all. We met them again at park HQ where they took some photos of Noah feeding the Bananaquits.

Noah picked a couple of DVD’s from the park office and enjoyed “Undercover Kitty” and “National Treasure” while we had plenty of electricity from the wind generator. I guess we let Noah watch too much TV yesterday because he is having a hard time concentrating on school this morning. Forty-two lessons remain in the Calvert Curriculum.

There was a potluck and bonfire on the beach at the North mooring field at 1730. We made curry and raisen baked beans to share. We elected not to attend at the last minute since the wind was over 25 and we didn’t want to get soaked going the 0.8 miles in the dinghy.

After a squall at sunrise today, there was a beautiful rainbow. Noah has been reading weather books for the last few days and went out to check if he could see a secondary rainbow above the first. No double rainbow, but the boat behind us from Albany, NY will have a nice photo of their vessel framed in a rainbow.

Word on the radio nets is that White Tailed Tropic Birds are returning to the Exumas with one of the first sightings yesterday in the Brigantine Cays. We’ll keep a lookout for them as there is a nesting area here on Warderick Wells.