A Happy New Year to all our Family and Friends!
We’d left Sand Dollar Beach on Stocking Island (opposite Georgetown) on the afternoon of the 31st December and so we had a quiet New Years Eve aboard Meshugga.
We’d decided on this as we are heading to the Ragged Islands and we need to go through Hog Cut, a very shallow Cut, which Meshugga can only get through on Spring High Tide, and that was at 7am on the morning of 1 January. Our alternative was to sail a further 40 miles to get around a headland.
Going thru the Cut, it looks fine but there is a Hard Bar where we float over with 6 inches under our Skegs!
A beautiful morning sunrise
Exiting the Cut, it’s 7am and a little chilly
Wreck on one of the islands as we passed
We went into the North Bay on Flamingo Cay, as a Southerly wind was forecast and it would give us a calm anchorage
Next day we went ashore to explore
Jenny took advantage of the sunny conditions to work on her never ending desire to tan as dark as possible
Nicholas and I took advantage of the shade of our new beach awing as we never sunbathe
Our new beach awning with Meshugga and the dinghy in the background in delightful North Bay
After a while it was time for some exercise and walked to the far end of the beach, and took the trail across the Cay to the western beaches. Along the way we passed a few ponds with bright red shrimp. Not worth trying to harvest them as they were only about 1 inch long
We dinghied around to the western side of Flamingo Cay to the Cave. I thought the tide was far to high to get in, but we all ducked and got in fine on the dinghy. Inside the Cay is shallow water with a few openings to let in sunlight. On previous visits we’ve climbed up to the opening you see below and it looks out over the island, with a pretty view.
Looking towards the seaward opening. You can see how low the roof rocks hang.
Nicholas quite pleased with himself that we made it in fine, just as he said we would.
Back out with the cave opening behind Nicholas
Jenny with the cave opening as we left
Next stop is the beach next to the cave on the western side of the island. A couple of years ago, when we stopped here, there was a new yacht wreck, with a racing yacht caught hard and fast on the side of the cliff on the southern side of the bay. Rumor is that it was a single hander whose anchor dragged and found himself stuck on the cliffs with his rigging caught in the cliff rocks. He was saved, but the yacht wrecked and over the past two years the sea has broken up the boat scattering debri on the shore and cliffs
Not sure what part of the yacht this is
Apart from the yacht wreck it’s a beautiful pristine beach
Jenny collecting shells
Another small beach with Meshugga’s mast in the background across the island in North Bay
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