Keith’s Perspective of Eleuthera Island and Spanish Wells/Le point de vue de Keith sur l’île d’Eleuthera et Spanish Wells

This week has been fun. On Saturday, we stayed on the boat all day. We got the swim platform out and played with some of my friends on it. On Sunday, we moved from west Rock Sound to the eastern part. That spot was close enough to town for us to dingy there, so we ate at Wild Orchids. 

Cette semaine était amusante. Samedi on est resté sur le bateau toute la journée. On a utilisé la plateforme de natation et joué avec mes amis dessus. Dimanche on a bouger de l’ouest de Rock Sound à l’est de Rock Sound. Cette endroit était proche du village, donc on pouvait utiliser le radeau pour aller au village, donc on a mangé à Wild Orchids. 

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Welcome to Warderick Wells Cay, Exuma Islands, Bahamas

Sunrise on Tuesday, May 6, 2025

This morning the lady from the park ranger station sang to us about the park rules and payment procedures again. We were planning to move again and we spent a fair amount of time discussing route. The fastest way to get there would have been to go up on the east side of the islands, but it was likely going to be uncomfortable in the ocean. We opted to take the west side, where the water was protected. Just as we had to circle the island to get into the anchorage, we had to circle the island to get back out.

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Welcome to Little Bell Cay, Exuma Islands, Bahamas

Sunrise on Sunday, May 4

This morning, Eric put away all the dive gear. We keep the dive compressor and dive gear off to the side in our lazarette. The last few days, he’s had to twist in weird boat-yoga angles in order to access the gear, fill tanks the tanks, and now stow the dive gear. Eric’s back wasn’t feeling good, and his jaw/gums were still a bit sore.

Once the dive gear was stowed, we got the dinghy up and got Kosmos ready for sea. We lifted anchor at 1100. Our next destination was called Little Bell Cay. As the crow flies, it was a fairly short ride. However, due to shallow water, we couldn’t simply pull into the anchorage via the shortest route. We had to follow a relatively narrow channel south of the island, take the east side up to the northern tip, and enter via another narrow challenge on the north.

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A Quest for Food in Staniel Cay, Exumas, Bahamas

Dawn on Saturday, May 3, 2025

In the am, Eric filled the tanks that were used yesterday. After he was done, Eric and Christi jumped in the water and finished cleaning the bottom. Eric saw a nurse shark while he was underwater. Between the two of them, they used one tank of air. They were both relieved to finally be done. They vowed to never let the bottom get so bad again.

We decided to get a late lunch/early dinner onshore. We landed the dinghy at the yacht club and walked over to The Ship Yard. We’d put in a photo of the Ship Yard’s property in another post, and here is a photo of the restaurant itself. They told us that their chef was on vacation this weekend, so only the bar was open.

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