Photo shows Black Point jetty and dinghy dock with the anchorage beyond

Currently at anchor at Black Point, Exhumas, Bahamas

The Exhumas consist of a long chain of islands or Cays (pronounced 'keys') with several 'cuts' that serve as access to the banks behind. East, or outside of the Cays are Exhuma Sound and the Atlantic Ocean with depths of thousands of metres; inside the banks are anything from 0.5 to 10 metres but mostly 3 or 4.

We picked our way out from behind the reef at George Town and sailed up outside the Cays to Dotham Cut, 53 miles to the north. The ocean was deep indigo blue but as we entered the Cut it changed to a pale luminous aquamarine (see photo above).

Black Point is the only settlement on this, Guana Cay. We heard on VHF channel 16 that the school was serving hamburgers at lunchtime to raise funds so we headed over to give our support. Alas the burgers were all gone so we had to make do with tasteless frankfurter rolls; Never mind it's all in a good cause!

There are squalls due over the weekend so we won't move far until Monday