It's Sunday, August 5th, and four MYC boats are in the marina at Compass Cay in the Exuma chain of the Bahamas. The members and boats are: George and Jeanne Richter on the Avalon, Rich and Eileen Dugan on the Defiant, Bob and Dee Murphy with their daughter Pam on the Freestyle, and Ron and Connie Foster with their dog Punkin on the Parrot Head. We left Marathon on July 24th, and crossed to Bimini on the 25th. Since then we've travelled to Nassau, Highborne Cay, and Compass Cay. Our next leg takes us to Staniel Cay, and then on to Cape Eleuthera.
We're having good weather for the most part, with some rain. Most of the cruises have been quite comfortable, except for the trip from Highborne to Compass, when we had a salty ride. Unfortunately, the water-maker here is broken, and the part still hasn't arrived. So most of us have used some precious fresh water from our tanks to wash at least some of the salt off--no rain to help.
This is an amazing place with protected sealife and a beautiful beach on the opposite side of the island from the marina. People swim in the marina lagoon with nurse sharks, bonefish, and all sorts of other fish. You are asked to put table scraps in the water to feed the fish. The beach is crescent shaped and so clear. Some days there are small waves coming into the shore.
We're hoping for the calm weather to continue, and looking forward to seeing everyone at the yacht club at the end of August when we get back
Sunday, August 5, 2007
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