January 10 – 16 — This week hasn’t been much fun. On Saturday, we left Warderick Wells and went to Compass Cay. It was super uncomfortable there. We went to the Bubble Bath in the afternoon.
Cette semaine était pas amusante. Samedi, nous sommes partis Warderick Wells et nous sommes allés à Compass Cay. C’était très inconfortable là-basu. L’après-midi nous sommes allés au Bubble Bath.
Dawn on Wednesday, January 14
Keith had a fever of 101 when he woke up, so we skipped school and let him rest. We had a quiet day onboard. By the late afternoon, his fever was gone and he was feeling better. In the evening, we went over to Mellow Puff for a short visit. They had a large cockpit area, and we made sure to sit far enough away from them, and down wind of them, to ensure that we didn’t expose them to any germs. It was a nice visit. This was Mellow Puff at dusk.
Dawn on Tuesday, January 13
Normally, in an anchorage, boats faced the wind and took any wind waves on the nose. Yesterday morning, the wind was hitting Kosmos on her port side instead of on the bow, which meant the current was so strong that it was overriding the wind in determining which direction Kosmos faced. Having the wind hitting us on the port made the motion onboard different from what was normal in an anchorage — it wasn’t a bad motion, it was just not a typical motion, so we felt a bit off kilter.
In the morning, we did school and chores. At about 1300, we moved to the south end of the island, to an anchorage that would be more protected in the coming winds. The ride took about 30 minutes and we had to go through two scary passes that were both narrow and shallow.
Tree growing along the sandstone wall, The Washing Machine, Shroud Cay, Exuma Islands, The Bahamas, December 21, 2025
View of the anchorage from the top of the hill, Shroud Cay, Exuma Islands, December 22, 2025
Dawn on Sunday, January 11
And the sunrise.
The seas had died down overnight and this morning it was much calmer in the anchorage. We puttered around the boat in the morning. Tiki Tour had arrived yesterday afternoon, and we met them onshore at 1330 to go back to Rachel’s Bubble Bath. This was looking back at Kosmos on the walk over to the Bubble Bath.
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