On Thursday morning (September 22), Eric took a dinghy ride to scope out the general area.

In the afternoon, we went snorkeling with the dad and kids from Auryn at the western edge of the middle anchorage. The tide was low at that point, so many of the rocks were exposed and we couldn’t get all that close to the shoreline. While there were quite a few fish, there weren’t many varieties of fish or many colorful fish. The topography was interesting, though.

The dad caught a couple of grouper and offered us one of them. Christi offered to make dinner for everyone if they’d fillet the fish. They took us up on the offer, ad In the evening, they came over to Kosmos for dinner. The boys even dressed up! The fish was so good; the secret to fish is the freshness. 

Friday sunrise, looking at the sea lion island

On Friday morning, Eric noticed the leak on the lift pump was back slightly and he added more sealant to patch it up. He has the replacement pump and will put it sometime soon. In the afternoon, we went snorkeling again with the dad and kids from Auryn in the same spot. This time, we went earlier in the day, when the tide was higher, so we were able to go into the caves and explore them. The topography was even more interesting!

Sunset Friday, looking at the west end of the middle anchorage.

On Saturday, we laid low at Kosmos all day. We’d noticed that the bitey bugs didn’t seem to be much of a problem onboard during the day, so opened the boat up instead of running the generator for a/c. There wasn’t much wind, which made the water glassy.

It was miserably hot, both in temperature and humidity, and the lack of wind made it feel stifling. Rather than going snorkeling, we swam around the boat. Flies were everywhere; and while flies don’t bite, they are super annoying.