Dawn on Monday, March 23
And the sunrise.
The wind had shifted again, and it was a little rolly in the anchorage this morning.
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Busy Day in the Exumas — Rachel’s Bubble Bath, Big Milestone Achieved, Dinghy Motor Failure, and Back to Big Major
The anchorage at dawn on Sunday, March 22
When we got up, we were pleased to see that the forecast had been correct — the wind had shifted so that anchoring at Rachel’s Bubble Bath would be comfortable today. As soon as we got up, we immediately started getting Kosmos ready to go to sea. We pulled up anchor at 0715, as the sun was rising. It took us about an hour and 20-minutes to get to the anchorage on Compass Cay that was next to Rachel’s Bubble Bath. We had to go through the narrow, shallow channel while the current was strong, which was stressful, but we followed our previous line and all went smoothly. We immediately got dinghy down and made breakfast.
After breakfast, we met the crew from Tiki Tour on shore and trekked up the short saltwater river to the Bubble Bath.
Thanks to the recent big winds, the waves were huge. They were even coming over the left side of the big rock — in our previous visits, we’d only seen the waves come over the right side of the rock.
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Trying to get to Thunderbolt Grotto, Staniel Cay, Exuma Islands, The Bahamas
The moon was not full anymore, but still shone vividly at dawn on Thursday, March 5
We’d arranged to meet two of the families at Thunderball Grotto at 0900, which was slack high tide. We were leery about getting in and out of the cave at high tide, but they assured us that it would not be a problem and said they thought it was better to go when there was no current.
We left Kosmos at 8:40, figuring it would take us 20-minutes to get there. But even though it was supposed to be nearly slack tide, the current was strong and our little 3 hp electric motor struggled. For a portion of the time, we were only going a little over one knot. It took 40-minutes to get there. Eric was frustrated. He’s been contemplating switching to a fast gas motor for the last few months, and he announced that this was the last straw – he was buying a new motor. When we got to the cave, we could barely see the entrance. We don’t think we would have been able to find it at all had we not been there before.
As our friends had assured us, getting in was not difficult. Here was a selfie with a view of the entrance from the inside.
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On Monday, March 2, the sunrise was blocked by a cloud.
In the morning, it was very windy with on-and-off drizzle. We went to shore for bread and groceries. These birds usually moved as a flock and had an interesting wing pattern. Christi has been trying to get a photo of them flying. She’s never been successful at catching the flock at the right angle to see the pattern, but she finally caught one with its wings open so you can kind of see the pattern.
Thanks to the full moon, it was an extra-low tide, and we were surprised to see there were a lot of conch shells along the part of the shore that was normally underwater.
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