Jazzy Lady's 2019/20 Cruising Adventure

We are in the middle of a 5 day stretch of 30 knot winds. This shattering of low-lying islands is JUST enough to protect us from 10 foot waves blowing in from Exuma Sound. We are anchored off of Big Farmers Cay right now, taking shelter on the west side of the island. We’ll have a taste of civilization tomorrow when we touch down at Little Farmers Cay (one island north of here) to do laundry for the first time since Dec 27th. We MIGHT get to have a shower on land for the first time since Vero Beach, Florida (Dec 4th). The only showers we have on the boat are with the fresh water 🚿 off the stern (sugar scoop) after we’ve washed in the ocean...and even then it’s just a quick freshwater rinse. Afterall, we must conserve our water storage!
We spent a couple of fantastic nights at Williams Bay and enjoyed the company of a lovely couple from Ottawa. The next two nights were spent in front abandoned marine research centre, where we spent an afternoon sneaking around the island. It was the longest stretch our legs have had in many weeks! The kids cracked open their first fresh coconuts 🥥 and got to frolic with the crew of Rollic. A really nice couple with 9 and 11 year old daughters. Still can’t find a 7 year old boy to save our lives but Alistair made do with yet another bunch of girls. I’m sure it will serve him well in the future...
This morning we passed by the magician, David Copperfield’s private island. A couple of islands south he’s placed, underwater, a large statue of a mermaid playing the piano. We dove down to it the other day. Quite magical.
We are keeping our fingers crossed that a visit will work out for my Mom in a couple of weeks. Hopefully she’ll keep the kids and me company while Mark goes to work for another 5 or 6 days. Can’t book a flight for her until we know what the weather will allow us to do...stay up at Staniel Cay or go back down to Georgetown.
We had to move in these strong winds just before sunset this evening because we realized that we’d hit bottom when low tide comes tonight. Just a little hiccup. Now we’re out in 9 feet of water instead of 7 feet of water and more exposed....I’m sure we’ll sleep great tonight🙄...
Signing off from my shortest blog post yet!