Sandy Cay and Guana Cay

We left Man O War on May 1st having a nice sail on jib alone to Sandy Cay where we met up with Hope and their newest crew member Paul who would be joining them for a week. The day after arriving in Sandy Cay the girls picked me up in their dinghy and took me to their boat where we watched some singing and dancing videos that Lauren and Ellie had put together. I was very impressed to say the least with the many talents of these two! We also watched an old 1953 movie, Dangerous Crossing starring Jeanne Crain recommended by Lauren and Ellie. It was a fun afternoon on their boat for me while Rick was back on our boat working on our water-maker which I’m sure wasn’t as fun. But upon my return from Hope, Rick was happy to tell me that his work had paid off and we were getting more water per hour than we had been. Not what we were getting originally, but better.

The next morning, Kerry knowing our water supply was still a bit limited, offered to do our laundry, which was so kind! She washed, dried, folded and delivered our clothes back to our boat later that day. Kory and Paul worked on our dinghy motor and got it running!! Yay! Back in business! Not much later, we suited up, grabbed our fins and snorkels and dashed off in our dinghies to a great snorkeling spot just around the corner from where our boats were anchored. This was the best snorkeling we have ever done! The water so clear for one, making it possible to clearly see the colorful fish, occasional Rays and turtles, and the healthy and thriving coral, made it so. After snorkeling we dinghy’d to an island beach across from the snorkeling spot and wandered around soaking up the sun, taking in the breathtaking views of the brilliant blue sky, the aquamarine water, and the white powdery sand, while finding and gathering lots of shells! Just another day in Paradise!

May 3rd, we left Sandy Cay around 8a.m. and sailed to Guana Cay…arriving around 12:30p.m. And when I say, ‘sailed’, I mean SAILED! This had to be the best sailing day we have had since we have been in the Bahamas! The winds were around 24kts on our beam. We had both main and headsail up and we were going around 8.5kts pretty consistently! Woohoo! This fun day wore us out though, because when we arrived to our destination and after anchoring, Rick and I both just read and napped the rest of the day. Hope went to shore in their dinghy, walked around and had a bite to eat at Nipper’s and also Grabber’s.

The following day when Rick and I were raring to go after an afternoon of rest the previous day, we picked up Paul, Lauren and Ellie and dinghy’d to shore and tied up to the dock. We walked past a restaurant on the beach and through the small town over to the Atlantic side of the island to a very nice beach with only two other people on it. We took a long walk then went swimming in the ocean! It felt great and it was the first time we swam where there were actual waves. I loved it! After spending quite some time in the water, after drying off with colorful Turkish towels and for some reason, us girls decided to tie them on in many different configurations, making skirts, wraps, shawls, dresses and whatever else we could come up with. And of course this was a fun photo opportunity.

(Lauren and Paul in a race...you can guess who won)

After returning to our boats, we collectively decided we’d seen all there is to see at Guana Cay and sailed over to Scotland Cay which was a short sail away. Stay tuned for our lovely time in Scotland Cay… although some of it not so loveley! It's definitely not for the faint of heart!