Date: Jan 29, 2020
Arrival Time: 1030
Location: Staniel
Cay
Weather: 70’s
Sea State: calm
Total Engine Hours:
1480
Crew: Greg & Ruth
Mileage Log: 1352
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| The Birthday Girl |
We pulled up anchor from Black Point Settlement around
0830 and turned the ship north. It is
the first time our destination has been north during the entire trip; and
wouldn’t you know it the wind is from the north. After talking to several people about Staniel
Cay, we decided we might have missed a beautiful place. Staniel Cay is only about 6 miles, as the
crow flies, but maybe 15 as a fish swims.
Besides its beauty, we are expecting a couple small northers toward the
end of the week and Staniel Cay has good protection. Further, we are considering attending the
Farmers Cay Festival starting Feb 6 which is about 15 miles (crow path) south
and is our jump off spot to George Town.
Thus, we have time to kill.
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| Where Next? |
Staniel Cay is home to Thunderball Grotto, where a James
Bond movie and several others were filmed, Pig Beach and a very friendly yacht club
with a restaurant open to the public. The
SCYC also has a very nice dinghy dock for public use. We explored the island via flip flops then went
to the yacht club to celebrate Ruth’s birthday.
Leaving the restaurant we ran into Paul and Sheryl Shard of Distant Shores III, who are famous
among cruisers for having one of the first cruising TV shows. Their program was originally a syndicated show
and now they are on YouTube. We ran into them again at the grocery
store. Each time they treated us like we
were long lost friends. They are as nice
and genuine as they appear on their TV show.
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| With Paul & Sheryl Shard |
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| Distant Shores III |
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