Warderick Wells to Staniel Cay

We dinghied ashore today to climb BooBoo hill.  Our new route avoided our having to wade through the creek that blocked our path yesterday.  Maryanne made it almost to the top.  (Pictures may follow if we get better internet.  Our internet provider posted the following on their login page:

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We placed a piece of driftwood atop BooBoo hill with the name of our boat on it and the year 2012.  A little below BooBoo hill we went down to the blow holes that we could hear thundering in the distance.  One of them blew spray 50 feet in the air.  Close up the sound of the air roaring up through the holes was scary!

We met our friends Lee and Sherry of the catamaran Alesto and learned that they were planning to leave today for Staniel Cay - and then Georgetown by Saturday.  We jumped at the opportunity to follow them since we are a little concerned about getting through Cave Cut from the Banks out to Exuma Sound.  The Cuts can be dangerous under the wrong conditions.  With few exceptions we have found that experienced cruisers will go out of their way to help newcomers.  We look forward to being able to provide that support to others in the future.

We got underway quickly before 11 and arrived at the fuel dock in Staniel Cay by 2:40.   Lee helped us dock using his dinghy as our bow thruster - pushing our bow in next to the fuel dock.  We filled one of our water tanks paying forty cents/gallon for reverse osmosis water.  The Watermaker company provide reverse osmosis water for all of the islands and have an office here.  Watermaker jets land regularly at the air strip on the island.  We practically had to duck as one of their jets came in low overhead like a bullet streaking toward the landing strip.

Staniel Cay - Finally dinner out at the "Yacht Club"
Very funky 1940's type Bahama Bar/Restaurant

While we were on the dock I could see a 5 foot shark swimming lazily back and forth under our boat.  Chad reminded me that they are attracted by people cleaning fish on the dock.

I am kicking myself for not bringing my trumpet.  On the Staniel Cay VHF net yesterday there was a request for a trumpet player to help a  young student at the local school.  If I were spending a little more time here I would have loved to help out.  It would be wonderful to give back a little of what we are getting from our experience in the Exumas.