Yesterday we said our goodbyes to Andy and Kerrie after a really fabby trip with them – lots of fun, great sailing, fine snorkelling, exploring new places and more games than we can remember. Until the next time…..

After a quick turn around on the boat, Ailie (G’s daughter) flew into Nassau and joined us at Palm Cay. The last time Ailie sailed with us on Barracuda was in Turkey about 4 years ago. Wonderful to have her back on board.

Today we sailed gently south to Allen’s Cay (home of the indigenous iguanas) using our usual route to the west of the Yellow Bank. Allen’s Cay anchorage had more yachts in the bay than we have seen before so it took a little while to find a suitable spot, in a perfect shallow horseshoe inlet edged with a white sand beach. We caught up with one UK boat that we have not seen since the Chesapeake Bay and met another friendly Canadian boat (fellow-OCC members) with whom we have a circuitous link through sailing friends in the UK – the boaty small world thing. Tomorrow we will start our next exploration of the Exumas with Ailie.