Blackpoint, Great Guana Cay, Exumas, Bahamas

 Up early for another day of motoring south...

 

 We decided to go "outside" in the deep water of Exuma Sound so that we could troll fishing lines.  (In the protected waters west of the islands, the water is shallow, 10-20'.  The deep water fish we are looking for aren't generally in the shallow waters).  It was rather bouncy outside but we were rewarded with one small skipjack tuna! It was put straight in the fridge for fileting once were were anchored later in the day.  Most was vacuum packed but I had a nice meal of seared tuna with pickled ginger!

 

 Since we're blasting down south with a motor on, we came in the cut at Staniel Cay and topped off with diesel.

Walking over to the pay station, the marina looks a bit empty.  But the nurse sharks are always around looking for fish scraps.

Back to the boat and ready to head over to Blackpoint for the night.

There were a few boats on the mooring balls and several at the Big Majors anchorage.

As we motored over to Blackpoint....passing the rich peoples toys... There were eight other sailboats anchored at Blackpoint when we arrived. We had to dodge the new mooring balls that appear to still be in place. I thought they were supposed to have removed them, but apparently not. All the boats were anchored, none of them had picked up a mooring ball.

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