Tree growing along the sandstone wall, The Washing Machine, Shroud Cay, Exuma Islands, The Bahamas, December 21, 2025
View of the anchorage from the top of the hill, Shroud Cay, Exuma Islands, December 22, 2025
Dawn on Sunday, January 11
And the sunrise.
The seas had died down overnight and this morning it was much calmer in the anchorage. We puttered around the boat in the morning. Tiki Tour had arrived yesterday afternoon, and we met them onshore at 1330 to go back to Rachel’s Bubble Bath. This was looking back at Kosmos on the walk over to the Bubble Bath.
Continue readingDawn on Saturday, January 10
This morning, we brought in paravane pole and snubber, then pulled up anchor at around 0730 and headed to Compass Cay. Last time, we came down the ocean side of the island. This morning, winds were 12 – 18 knots from the east with gusts to 24-knots, which meant the ocean would be an uncomfortable ride. Eric decided to take the lagoon side.
Even in the more protected waters of the lagoon, it was a bit of a lurchy ride. We couldn’t take the most direct route because it was too shallow, but we were able to utilize deeper channels (that had probably been dredged), which eventually got us there. The majority of the channels were plenty wide and deep for Kosmos… until the last one. The channel directly into Compass Cay from the lagoon side was very narrow and barely deep enough for us.
January 3 – 9, 2026 – This week has been fun. On Saturday, Zimovia and Tiki Tour left the anchorage. Mom, Dad and I cleaned the bottom of the boat. On Sunday, we went to Nassau. The passage took all day. We arrived at a marina, docked, then went to dinner at the marina restaurant.
Cette semaine était amusante. Samedi, Zimovia et Tiki Tour sont partis de l’ancrage. Maman, papa et moi avons nettoyé le fond du bateau. Dimanche, nous sommes allés à Nassau. Le passage a pris toute la journée. Nous sommes arrivés à la marina, nous nous sommes amarrés, puis nous avons mangé le dîner au restaurant de la marina.
Thursday, January 8, continued… Keith got ready to go snorkeling. Eric and Keith went to the ranger station to check in. Christi stayed behind to make lunch and dinner. Tiki Tour had also moved from Shroud to Warderick this morning and had moored in The Horseshoe. The Tiki crew and their guests — a family with two kids close in age to Keith — met Eric and Keith at the beach by the ranger station. The kids played on the beach. After a couple of hours, Eric returned to Kosmos to eat lunch and to pick Christi up. Keith said he wasn’t hungry and asked to stay with the other kids.
At about 1600, Eric and Christi returned. They found the group snorkeling in the pass.
The snorkelers saw a group of twelve spotted eagle rays and they followed the rays for quite a while. They said the rays were amazing. From the dinghy, all Christi and Eric could see were black blobs that looked like moving rocks.
