Staniel

My friends finally made it to Staniel. They arrived on Tuesday at around one thirty just as we were weighing anchor from Black Point where we had spent a peaceful night. We made our way to the marina where we docked to get fill up our tanks, picked them up, anchored off Big Major and immediately dinghied to Thunderball cave. We were exactly at low tide and showed off the cave in all its glory! We stayed for over an hour until it began to flood and the current becane too strong.
The forecast was for a wonderfully calm week which of course did not come true. The wind blew from the West, it became very rolly (and we were on the "dreaded lee shore" Bobbi). Sweet Tides arrived in the anchorage just as we were getting ready to go to the beach. They stayed in Black Point. They said it was so rolly they could not get back on the boat from the transom, Mike had to tie the dinghy to the side, pull himself up and then pull Idette in. But we all went off to the beach in the afternoon and had a great time snorkeling off the rocks. When we came back we reanchored further west closer to Sweet Tides and Spartina, hoping it would be more protected. And it was until the tide changed again and the effect of the tide kicked in and we stared rolling. So we weighed anchors yet again to make sure we were far from the cut from where the tide was running. It was a good move because we had a good night.
Today we sail to Cambridge Cay and we are taking Spartina with us. His wife went back to the US for the birth of a grandchild and he is sad and lonely!
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