Date: Jan 24-25,
2020
Arrival Time: 0145
Location: Warderick
Wells - Exumas Land and Sea Park
Weather: Intermittent
rain
Sea State: 2-3 ft
chop
Total Engine Hours:
1471
Crew: Ruth and
Greg
Mileage Log: 1318
Comments: After
morning rain showers we pulled up anchor at 0745 and left Norman’s Cay after
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| Sperm Whale skeleton at Walderick Wells |
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| Boo Boo Hill |
squatting for 4 days. Our destination
was Warderick Wells which is the central location of the Exuma Land and Sea
Park. We pulled into the Emerald Rock
mooring field around 1330, dropped the dinghy and putted to the park office
and paid for 2 nights. The park is one
of those places that YouTubers cover thoroughly. We hiked past the sperm whale skeleton and up
to Boo Boo Hill. We left our little Pura
Vida sign on the sign pile with the huge collection left by sailors before us. We
checked out the famous blow holes but being low tide they weren’t blowing
much. With rain approaching we made our
way back to the dinghy and Pura Vida to watch the sunset off our back
porch. Our mooring field faces an island
with beautiful white beaches strewn throughout and secluded islands as far as
the eye can see.
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| The Great Wall of Walderick Wells |
Saturday brought another day of exploring, snorkeling and
some boat work. We left Pura Vida via
dinghy around 0900 to visit the nearby Davis Ruins. What remains of the ruins is a few
rectangular man made rock formations a few feet tall. Along the hike I was most impressed with a
rock wall that dissects the entire island east to west. It is a piled rock structure standing about 4
feet tall and must have taken years to complete. On our dinghy journey toward the ruins I
circled the boat a few times, as I always do, to give it a good look over. I noticed the jib had a piece of material
extruding abnormally. When we returned
we unfurled the jib and realized the leach had some separation. We pulled it down, pulled out the Sailrite
and sewed for the next couple hours. I
guess it’s all a part of cruising. Once
all was back in order, we dinghied over to Emerald Rock and snorkeled a couple
coral heads. From there we went south
and walked a few untouched islands.
What
a beautiful place.
Tomorrow we sail south toward Black Point Settlement,
on Great Guana Cay, to provision and wash clothes.
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