Every beach seems to have it's own special feature. This one on Galliot Cay features conch and sand dollars.
At 0730 yesterday Folly and eight other boats left Galliot Cay hoping to get through the cut at slack tide. To go through any of these cuts when the tide is flowing can be treacherous especially if the tidal current and the wind are opposing. This can create ugly standing waves and what they call a "rage". Luckily, even though our timing wasn't exact, it was pretty darn close and all was good.
The plan was to sail to Lee Stocking Island, only 15 miles away, but we changed our minds on the go and sailed straight to Georgetown. When living on a boat, weather dictates almost every decision made and, with the forecast the way it was, we felt it best to carry on.
As expected, all the boats had their fishing lines out for the trip including Folly. Endeavor caught 2 tuna and Adamant 1 caught a Mahi-Mahi and we caught .... nothing. We've been told that it helps if a female (I guess that would be me) spits on on the lure before the line drops in the water. I'm not sure if the others did but I will definitely be doing that from now on! Thankfully we have generous friends and we did get our fish dinner thanks to Don and Peg on Endeavor.
We made it to Georgetown....the end of the Exuma Cays..... and will likely stay here for a couple of weeks before we carry on but...
More about that....next time.
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