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Moving to an Unnamed Sand Bar in the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park, The Bahamas

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Dawn on Saturday, December 27

We forgot to mention that one of the chores that Eric had done a few days ago was change the generator oil. Today he put away the tools. Eric frequently says that in boat maintenance, getting everything out and putting it all away again often took longer than the task itself. Eric also spent some time in the morning trying to figure out why the air conditioner in the salon mysteriously stopped working. He cleaned the sea strainer and checked the oils, but didn’t see a problem.

Today the wind was dead and the seas were completely calm. Here was our flopper stopper.

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Christmas with the Ranger at Warderick Wells Cay, Exuma Islands, The Bahamas

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On Thursday, December 25, 2025, Christi woke up at 0500, before first light. Warderick Wells basically has zero lights and it was cloudless (which was rare), making the stars especially vibrant. She sat outside for a few minutes and saw a shooting star! This was the dawn.

Early in the morning, the park ranger’s wife sang to us about the rules of the park. We’d forgotten about her morning announcements!

Some of the other parents organized a scavenger hunt around the island for the kids. in the morning, Keith went on the scavenger hunt. Here was a shot of the group.

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Moving to Hawksbill Cay, Exuma Islands, The Bahamas

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Dawn on Monday, December 22, 2025

When we woke up, it was overcast and the wind screaming. Much to our relief, the charter boat moved early in the morning, so at least we didn’t have to worry about them dragging and hitting us. The anchorage was rolly and uncomfortable, so Eric put out the starboard flopper stopper, which helped dampen the motion. That said, the motion made all three of us kind of grouchy. Even though it was rolly where we were, it was much worse on the north side, so we were glad we moved yesterday instead of waiting until today. Rain was in the forecast.

As soon as Keith finished his school work, he went to Zimovia to hang out with the kids. He stayed there for 7 hours. They played outside on the deck for the majority of the time.

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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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Lying Low Between the Majors, Staniel Cay Area, Exuma Islands, The Bahamas

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On Wednesday, December 10, 2025, we woke up wondering if the Apocalypse had just happened.

While Christi and Keith did school, Eric removed the salinity probe and cleaned it. But it didn’t help — the sensor still wasn’t working. When he put it back, he tightened it as much as he could to ensure it didn’t leak.

We needed to go to the grocery store. We decided to go to shore at 1130, figuring that would give us enough time to have lunch and do our grocery shopping before the current was too strong in either direction. We somehow made a big mistake in calculations. Going in, the current was still strong. We made slow forward progress while the battery power was quickly sucked down. Eric had intended to bring a spare battery for the dinghy to be safe, but when we were about halfway to shore, he realized he’d forgotten it. From there on out, he was really anxious about getting stranded. We made it to the yacht club dinghy area with no problems. It was high tide, and the sea wall was again underwater.

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