Wednesday, December 3, 2025 — the sunrise was completely blocked by the dark clouds on the horizon, but it was a colorful morning none-the-less.

It rained overnight, and it was enough rain to give Kosmos and Kosmopolitan a good rinse off. Yay! It was nice to wake up to a clean(er) boat.

The wind was slowly shifting directions, and as the morning wore on, the rolling became more pronounced as the island offered less and less protection. We were glad we had the flopper stopper out. It would have been uncomfortable otherwise. Per the forecast, it was only going to get worse as the day progressed. By tomorrow, the wind would be coming from a direction that this anchorage had no protection from.

We pulled up anchor at 1030 and headed to Lynyard Cay. We were inside the lagoon the entire ride, and it was calm inside the protected waters. The only noteworthy event was that our route took us through a narrow dredged channel near a popular snorkeling spot. The water on both sides of the channel was especially shallow, leaving little leeway to maneuver. Eric was a little nervous about going through it, but the chart was spot on and no snorkelers swam into the channel.

Dawn and sunrise on Tuesday, December 2, 2025

This morning, Christi woke up with a bunch of bug bites on her legs. Eric had warned her to wear pants yesterday since he’d gotten a couple of bug bites while onshore on Sunday. She regretted not taking his advice. But at least it wasn’t nearly as many as we’d gotten at Lubber’s Landing.

Sunday, November 30, 2025 — We apparently missed a beautiful rainbow this morning. A fellow cruiser sent us these photos.

This morning started off as a lazy Sunday morning. We had no plans to move. Then, one of the family boats announced they were moving to an anchorage where the kids could play in the water. The other two families said they’d go, too. The sea conditions weren’t going to be great and Eric wasn’t eager to go. But they were all in sailboats and it was a good day to sail, so we understood why they were eager to move. We knew that if we wanted to stay with the families on sailboats, we’d have to get used to traveling on windy days instead of calm days. We decided to follow.