This place is truly wonderful – we could
stay here forever J. We’re anchored just off Thunderball Grotto, where part of the 007
movie “Thunderball” was filmed. You can snorkel into the cave and see the
amazing flora and fauna lit magically by shafts of sunlight streaming in
through the top. We’ve snorkelled it in the past, but not yet this time – maybe
tomorrow.
The other fun things to do here include
feeding wild pigs who will swim out to the boat for handouts, and touring the
island in a golf cart. We did that today, and visited two amazing beaches – one
on the ocean side, with huge waves crashing dramatically onshore – making us
grateful not to be sailing right now! The other one, called the Pirate Beach, was on a pristine bay on the inside of the Bahama
Bank – calm, turquoise water and white sand.
The Staniel Cay Yacht Club is a happening
place – everyone goes there to meet friends, drink, play pool, listen to reggae
music and eat. We had a delicious late Valentine’s Day dinner there, and
dinghied back in the pitch dark, barely recognizing our boat. Today we dinghied
back from there in a sleeting rainstorm, after hiding under the fuel dock in
our little boat while we filled up our portable water tanks with the dock hose
– all part of the fun! We met a very nice Canadian couple in the land and sea
park, who we keep running into at the yacht club – had lunch with them
yesterday, and met their 22 year old daughter today, when she flew in to stay
with them on their boat for a week.
So we’re waiting out the windstorm – happy
to be here, freshly stocked with food, water, beer and gin – what more could
anyone ask for? We even have internet again!
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