The wind continues to blow at 20+ knots out of the E/NE so we haven’t made the crossing to Eleuthera. We did get enough rain to add a day to our fresh water supply. The forecast is for winds to continue through at least Wednesday, so we’re not sure when we will cross Exuma Sound.

Visited with the crew of Tembo on a Beneteau 44 center cockpit from Ontario. It is the same model boat that we chartered in the BVI’s with Jim and Barb Thompson, but it much better condition. They are finishing a three year cruise and have the boat up for sale. Turns out that they traveled with Sea Loon (friends from Oriental, NC) for a couple of month’s in the Carribbean. For those of you that know the Looneys, they are headed for Texas where they are buying a house.

We’ve explored almost all of the trails on Warderick Wells this week. There are great views of the waves crashing over the rocks from the Exuma Sound side. Curly Tailed Lizards and Bananaquits are the kid’s favorite fauna.

The crew of Iceni came over Thursday evening for dessert and a game of Quiddler. They relayed a story about a boat heading for Georgetown. A couple on the beach was talking about following another sailboat because they were not familiar with the route. They mentioned that the boat must have known what they were doing because they did that zig-zag thing. The sailboat doing the following didn’t have it sails up! Iceni is headed to Nassau and we hope to meet up with them again in the Abacos.

Yesterday was test day for Noah at lesson 120 of 160. He did great on science, writing and reading, but is reviewing math, history, and spelling today. After school we went over to the North mooring field to do a drift snorkel at slack tide, but were a little late so the current had picked up. Stayed in the dinghy and watched through the window instead of getting in the water. By the way, the water is noticeably cooler now than it was in January. We also floated over mooring number 9 where a fishing
boat burned and sank several years ago. Noah spotted a grouper and a nurse shark living under the lip of the hull. The fire is said to have started while the owners were having dinner on another boat. A generator was left running that caused the fire.

Since the wind isn’t letting up in the near future, we may head South for a change of scenery. Would like to get into Cambridge Cay where there should be good snorkeling. If it is too rough to make it through that entrance we may go to Compass Cay. Either one of those spots will give us a better angle to sail to Eleuthera.