Moving to the South Side of Shroud and Back to The Washing Machine

Sunday, December 21, 2025 — Given how shallow the northern Shroud anchorage was, we could only move at high tide. The wind was forecast to shift tomorrow, so we had been planning to move tomorrow morning at high tide. Much to our dismay, we woke up to find that the wind shift had already begun… and it was already high tide. We had to either move right then or stay for another day while the anchorage became increasingly uncomfortable. In good news, it looked like southern Shroud would provide good protection, so we didn’t need to move far. The purple dot was where we anchored on northern Shroud, the blue dot where we anchored in southern Shroud, and the red dot was The Washing Machine.

The rest of the flotilla also moved to southern Shroud. Since it was such as short ride in protected waters, we towed the dinghy, which was something we rarely did.

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The Washing Machine at Shroud Cay, Exuma Islands, The Bahamas

Saturday, December 20, 2025 continuedTiki Tour caught up to us and passed us near the sandbar, which was not far from the rendezvous spot at the mouth of the ocean. The sandbar and mouth were in the background of the photo.

The mouth.

Shortly after we beached our dinghies, the rest of the flotilla arrived. The kids quickly split up into smaller groups based on common interests. The group Keith went with mostly swam. Another group was playing ball on the beach.

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The Beach and Trek to the Washing Machine, Shroud Cay, Exuma Islands, The Bahamas

Dawn on Friday, December 19, 2025

In the morning, Eric changed the impeller and oil on the generator while Christi and Keith did school. In the late afternoon, Eric and Christi went to the beach near to the entrance to the mangrove river. Keith stayed onboard so he could play online games with his friends.

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More Exploring Blackpoint, Exuma Islands, The Bahamas

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. 

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The Blowhole, Blackpoint, Exuma Islands, The Bahamas

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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