Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Eureka! I have Internet access and emails (that makes my morning!) I'm not sure who Bubbanet is, but it works for me! Answered the emails and was about to check the weather when I lost the connection ($*#&). Anyhow it was great to hear from everyone even if I didn't get the weather LOL. Alli I hope everything is okay - all I got was an "ahhhhhhhhh!" I do miss everyone and look forward to seeing everyone even if I don't get to see my bro...

Met a couple from Holland that asked us about our boat name. "Do we know what it means?" "Yes, of course" In Dutch it means hummingbird also...

Pulled out of Nassau Harbor after getting permission from the Harbor Master at 9:00am and headed for Allan's. We hit the Yellow Bank after noon o clock and I took the bow watch for coral heads while Wayne kept the helm.

Pulled in between Allen's and Leaf Cay around 4pm and there were already 6 boats anchored here. Several more followed us in. We're anchored closer to Leaf Cay near the beach and ruins in about 12 ft of water that turns into 3 ft pretty quickly near us. As we were anchoring there were people walking the beach area and iguanas were running up to them. They're pretty prehistoric critters that used to be used in the old B movies as dinosaurs. I hope to get a better look tomorrow - hopefully it won't be too crowded. I understand that because this is the closest anchorage for boats making the passage across the Yellow Bank from Nassau and because of the iguanas, it can be pretty popular for high-speed boats laden with passengers to come to. Oh-oh and we're right near the beach...

One guy was up on the beach cracking open his conch and two iguanas came over to investigate him. Leftovers tonight for us (of pork and potatoes au gratin with corn).

So we're now officially in the Exumas... NE winds are building - they're supposed to be from 10-15 building to 20 tonight. Hope we hold... Low tide is around 6:30pm and it's going on 7pm now.