Exumas adventure

We left Nassau at the beginning of march and sailed to Allen's key, then to shroud key and then to hawksbill key! Next was Wadrick wells the hq for the Exumas land and sea park, the national park of the Bahamas. We then sailed south to Staniel key home of the swimming pigs and thunderball grotto, made famous by the james bond movie. Next came black point key, home to a thriving Bahamian settlement.




-iguanas that infest the beaches at Allen's key




View from the beach at Allen's key, home of the iguanas




Discovery at anchor at Allen's key





View from discovery anchored at Normans key, where the drug lord had his airstrip and compound




Ashore at Normans key airstrip




Anita posing at a beach at shroud key





Friendship rock tower at highest point at hawksbill key





View from the top of hawksbill key hill.


View from our boat anchored in the north mooring field at Wadrick wells





The dink behind the boat at Wadrick wells





Our discovery driftwood memento left at Boo Boo hill at Wadrick wells. This is a cruising right of passage.




Another shot of boo boo hill at Wadrick


Shot of discovery anchored at Wadrick wells




Finally found Internet at the beach at wardrick wells!!! Ha ha




Shark feeding at Staniel key yacht club docks!






Swimming pig at big major beach!







Sting ray at Staniel key






Anita in front of one of the grocery stores at Staniel key. There were two, the red store and the blue store!






Entrance to thunderball grotto at Staniel key!





Sign at thunderball grotto!





Lorraine cafe at black point!

Atlantis

While in Nassau we went to the Atlantis resort. Its on paradise island the same one our marina was located on.





Looking back at one of the towers





Pic from the casino




Very cool aquarium in Atlantis





Another tower at Atlantis.






Another casino pic





Manta ray at Atlantis aquarium



Our group at the marina at Atlantis






More aquarium






Really can get boat envy at the Marina at Atlantis






More photos from the marina at Atlantis.


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Exumas here we are

We left Nassau and sailed to Allen's cay in northern exumas. It's a pretty good place to his out when a cold front comes thru. It's also gorgeous and had a beach that's infested with iguanas! We snorkeled the coral heads in and around the cays! Lots of beautiful fish and gorgeous water! From Allen's we sailed 10 miles to Normans cay. It was a base for a drug lord in the 70's, it has a air field and ruins of his compound. It used to have a beach bar but like so many Bahamas places its being remodeled. We snorkeled a wrecked airplane in the shallow water in the anchorage, wow was that cool, there is a cool little island in the bay that had a lone palm and a bench under it. There is a monument with a couples name on it who must have their ashes under it. See pics below



Iguanas at Allen's cay






Close up and personal with a iguana, tourists come from Nassau and feed them so the rush out looking for a hand out.





Discovery at anchor in the clear water at Allen's cay






Sting ray at Allen's Cay!





-Beach at Allen's Cay that had the Igunas





Returning from the Atlantic beach at Normans Cay





The sign at the runway at Normans!





Half of the runway at Normans




View off the stern at .



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Crossing the Bahamas banks

We left dinner key and sailed to Great Harbor Key in the Berry islands. We had a glorious crossing. We had a full moon rise directly in front of the boat. The sunrise was gorgeous also.the photos below are from the crossing and the time we spent at Great Harbor MArina.




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Above is the moon rising in front of us on our way across the banks.






Sunset behind us at the same time as the moon rise!






This is the entrance to the harbour at Great Harbor marina! Man made!






Barracuda we caught on the way around the Berry Islands.








We sailed between these cruise ships and great stickup key on the northern tip of the Berries.







This is Sans Succi the passage 456 we traveled to the Berries and beyond with.








Leaving our anchorage in the berries for Nassau.






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Bahamas finally

We finally made the jump' left dinner key at 9 am Sunday and crossed the gulf stream on a picture perfect day, nice 10 knot breeze very little wave action. Hit the banks at 530 pm! Sailed all night crossed the banks and arrived at great Harbour key at 7 am Monday! Spent 2 days there and then sailed around the top of the island and had a fantastic sail down the east coast of the Berry islands. Anchored for the night half way down and then sailed to the bottom of the chain and took a mooring at the berry island club, Next morning we sailed to Nassau it was a non eventful sail that took about 7 hrs. We got a slip at the paradise Harbour club because some weather was on the way. Will be here three days at least! See pics below




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Saw a baptism on the beach near the cruise ship terminal at Nassau Harbour








Cool building in Nassau





We decided to eat lunch at a cookout to Benoit a high school track team, jerk chicken, conch fritters, and potato bread!






Lunch!





Pic of the Resturants at the Fish Fry, kind of a tourist trap in Nassau





My bank in Nassau Bob!


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