Dawn on Monday December 15, 2025
The anchorage was a bit on the uncomfortable side this morning. The motion may be better described as jerky mores than rolly. Eric watched the supply ship come in and dock. He couldn’t believe how shallow the ship must have been in order to get into that dock. A man on the dock grabbed one of the lines to tie up the boat, but tripped and fell into the water! With the man in the water, the ship abandoned docking until the guy swam to the ladder and was confirmed to be safely out of the water.
After school and morning chores, we went to shore for lunch. Someone was cleaning fish on the platform off the dock and there were several sharks and rays circling around the dinghy dock, waiting for the scraps to be thrown in.
One of the sharks was black and white and especially large. Christi asked the man what kind of shark it was, he said it was an albino nurse shark. He said that it has lived here for years and biologists have made several trips here to study it. The biologists tried to take the shark for further study, but the locals banded together and fought to let the shark stay in its natural habitat. Later, Eric saw the albino shark roll over and saw that its belly was white.
The first day we went to shore, we forgot to put a photo of this building in the post, so we figured we’d add it now. We have no idea what purpose it served. It was at the foot of the dock, next to the pink government building.
We again tried to go to Lorraine’s for lunch, but both buildings were closed. We found out that the white house between the two Lorraine’s was the local bakery. It was also closed. We also found out the building just north of Lorraine’s had a laundry mat on the first floor. Apparently, Blackpoint was a popular place for cruisers to do laundry.
From Lorraine’s waterfront building, we saw that the restaurant at the yacht club next door on the south side was open, so we went over there for lunch. We hadn’t noticed the yacht club the first day because it was set back from the road.
The yacht club was a cheerful.
It had beautiful views and its own dinghy dock.
The food was very stereotypical Bahamian. We’d say the prices were slightly better than at Emerald Sunset and the food was actually pretty good. However, there were several cats begging for food and it kind of smelled like cat. We also got some bug bites on our ankles, which we could have gotten anywhere, but suspected it may have been from fleas on the cats.
After lunch, we saw a lady sitting outside the “bakery,” weaving fronds into a cloth. She told us that she sold the cloth to people who made them into bags, hats and other souvenirs that were sold to tourists on other islands. She said she had a few loaves ready and invited us inside to buy the bread.
This was definitely her home, and she was clearly religious. She had several loaves of warm bread cooling on the kitchen counter. They were $10 per loaf. We purchased a loaf and headed over to the market to get a few items. The blue market was bigger and better stocked, but they only took cash. Since we were low on cash, we went across to the store adjacent to Deshamon’s, which took credit cards. It was very small, but it had all the basics one could need.
After shopping, we headed back to Kosmos. It was still very windy, which made it kind of a wet ride back. Truth be told, given the conditions, we would not have gone to shore today if we hadn’t been anchored so close to the dock. We were happy that we’d chosen to leave the Staniel Cay area. We would have felt trapped onboard in these winds. Back at Kosmos, it was still moderately lurchy onboard. This was the very little bit of sunset that was visible through all the clouds.
The motion made Christi lethargic, so she had a lazy evening. The boys played Civilization VI online with some of the Ocean Posse members. They still play regularly, but we keep forgetting to mention it.