Day #26: Today's light tropical breezes and lots of sunshine make those windy days earlier this week seem like a distant memory. The water is so crystal clear that Nellie D. serves as a perfect viewing platform to watch sting rays gluiding by and see schools of fish taking refuse in the boat's shadow from the mid day sun. With a beautiful day like today we no longer need a wet suit as part of our snorkeling attire. At the snorkeling mooring ball we meet Baja and Nora who sailed from Turkey. Their description of the Mediterranean gets us wondering if someday maybe Nellie D. might be loaded on a freighter and shipped across the pond. Hmmm...
The Exumas Park hosts a Saturday night cocktail party on the beach. Never ones to miss a party, we of course attended. With drinks in hand we meet fellow cruisers and are entertained by coutless stories. There was M/V Aloha Friday whose mooring ball in Little Farmer's Cay broke loose during last week's blow. The boat slipped backwards fowling its prop on another mooring. As luck would have the skipper was a retired navy diver whose skills were put to good use. As the evening wore on, people started scratching their scalps and legs..the no-see-ums had found us. Dispite the arrival of our univited guests, we all stayed on the beach to chat and watch the sunset. It was dark by the time we dinghied home.
Enjoying the new cruising friends and the lovely weather in the north mooring field in Exumas Park.
0 nm today 477 total BJH
