Friday, February 22, 2019

Change of Plans - Cave Cay

The window for an exit and re-entry onto the Exuma Sound timed with the tides given a strong SE wind 15-20 knots was going to be too tight for Lee Stocking Cay and someone tipped us off to staying on the banks until Guillot Cut reducing the amount of time on the Sound.  Cay's near Guillot Cut that caught our eye included Guillot Cay and Cave Cay so we headed out about 9:00 am under overcast skies with winds 15 out of the SE.  We had a nice sail getting to the NW end of Cave Cay,  dropping anchor right off a private runway in 11 feet and crystal clear waters around noon. Harry spliced the anchor line for the spare anchor while I read Panchinko. As the dinghy was on Juno, we snorkeled off the boat swimming to shore of the private cay finding many sand dollars scattered across the white sandy bottom. All was well until about 6 pm when the tide changed and the rolls began. Challenging to deploy the second anchor without launching the dingy and dark approaching, Harry finally bagged plans around 7:30 pm after fiddling with the second anchor for about an hour.

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