The winds were forecast to be from an uncomfortable direction so we hatched the idea to sail about 3 hours up to the east side of the Hog Cay Cut and anchor near Hog Cay a private island at the end of the Exuma chain. (It is alternately called Torch Cay on some charts).
Skyfall joined us for the fun sail.
A photo Jim sent of their view over to Sojourn heading out of the anchorage.
Just perfect sailing conditions - 6-7 knots and virtually no swell.
Passed a monohull having an equally nice sail!
Skyfall anchored - just a lovely anchorage!
The two Mantas.....
After we got settled and had a bite of lunch, we wanted to take a peek at a "hazard" in the water we'd read about. Apparently a large track-hoe/excavator fell off of a barge near Hog Cay. It's well marked on the chart as a hazard.
We were at mid-tide/rising - so this thing is almost at the water surface! It's marked by a floating container....
This is the attach point of the "buoy" - this won't last thru a storm...
The water was unfortunately cloudy....already small fish and slime are present - I believe this happened about a month ago.
The equipment is just setting upright on the bottom.
This shows how close to the surface it rests - would be absolute devastation should someone hit this with a fiberglass boat!
We snorkeled around the area a bit trying to find any coral or fish but really nothing was found.
Jim and Michelle took Nelly ashore for a walk - the shoreline up to the high tide mark is public property in the Bahamas even on private islands!
We invited Skyfall over for a lobster dinner - was fun but no photos were taken!!
We'll move back to Salt Pond now as the winds will be shifting yet again.....
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