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Moving to the South Side of Compass Cay, Exuma Islands, The Bahamas

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Dawn on Tuesday, January 13

Normally, in an anchorage, boats faced the wind and took any wind waves on the nose. Yesterday morning, the wind was hitting Kosmos on her port side instead of on the bow, which meant the current was so strong that it was overriding the wind in determining which direction Kosmos faced. Having the wind hitting us on the port made the motion onboard different from what was normal in an anchorage — it wasn’t a bad motion, it was just not a typical motion, so we felt a bit off kilter.

In the morning, we did school and chores. At about 1300, we moved to the south end of the island, to an anchorage that would be more protected in the coming winds. The ride took about 30 minutes and we had to go through two scary passes that were both narrow and shallow.

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Bubble Baths and Bonfires on Compass Cay, Exuma Islands, The Bahamas

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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.

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Back to Rachel’s Bubble Bath on Compass Cay, Exuma Islands, The Bahamas

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Dawn 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.

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The Blowhole, Blackpoint, Exuma Islands, The Bahamas

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Dawn on Sunday, December 14, 2025

This morning it was windy, then both windy and rainy, then the wind died and there was light rain for a few hours. Once the wind died, it was hot and humid. Eric cleaned the bottom.

The wind was forecast to shift direction, so he made sure that the anchor was well set, which was easy to do in such amazingly clear water.

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Keith’s Perspective on Gettysburg and Our Fourth Week in Annapolis/Le point de vue de Keith sur Gettysburg et notre quatrième semaine à Annapolis

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This week has been fun. On Saturday, we drove up to Pennsylvania to see the leaves change color. We stopped at an Italian restaurant, which I thought was going to be meh but it turned out to be really really good. Afterwards we went to Gettysburg. Mom promised that we wouldn’t go to a museum, but dad had other plans! We went to the museum of the Gettysburg address. I learned that I was very bored and that my parents are liars (just kidding). Mom is saying I have to put something I learned, so I learned that Abraham Lincoln was not the main speaker at the dedication of the cemetery where he gave the address. 

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