2011 - 9-12 - 9-14 - Hawksbill Cay

We left the area on Tuesday the 12th heading south looking for another perfect spot. We were now in the Exumas Cays Land & Sea Park that encompasses about 200 sq. miles. (“about 22 miles from Wax Cay to Conch Cut, enclosing & protecting the cays & surrounding waters from Shroud Cay in the north to Little Bell Island in the south“) It is devoted to the preservation of the rare Bahamian iguana. (rare?? I'm gonna send all our Iguana over to them!) NO FISHING-bummer. We decided to see what it was like on the west side of Hawksbill, an uninhabited Cay - it was perfect. The park placed huge & substantial mooring balls all over the park…we tied up to one. The rope was so big it wouldn’t fit thru the haws pipe - we chained it to the bridle. We found out that the ‘150’ on the ball was made for a vessel up to 150’ - we’d stay here any day during a storm. Interesting island; there are extensive ruins of a Loyalist plantation on top of a hill; a cave called

                            Molly - the Braveheart

Smuggler’s Cave; a coral garden; &, of course, beautiful beaches. Exploration will wait until tomorrow as Wayne is exchanging out the old zincs for new ones. The wind picked up & changed from the east to the north - Rockin & a Rollin… still no internet. Moved the boat to the south end of the island hoping for less surge. The wind & waves were not in sync so we tied 1 line from the bow to the buoy & 1 line to the buoy from amidships…voila! It turned the bow into the waves & no rockin! Gotta love engineers. After the clouds dissipated, the sky was a deep, deep blue.

Fun day at the beach. After the clouds dissipated, the sky was a deep, deep blue.