March 19, 2015 Staniel to Cambridge

March 19, 2015

Thursday: Staniel Cay to Cambridge

The part for the water maker came in first thing this morning on the Watermaker  Air plane.  He and Lainey worked for two hours and managed to take out the membrane and put into a new vessel.  A test run proved that it had been repaired by these two.  I have known for years that Steve could repair almost anything, it seems that Lainey too has that gift.

Overnight, however, the refrigerator went out--packages of canned biscuits were exploding and the butter was melting.  The freezer seemed to be holding its own, but the ice maker was refusing to work as well.  After some phone calls we obtained some phone numbers for repairmen in Nassau.  Change of plans--head to Nassau .  Pulling up the anchor around 2:00, we headed north.  About 2 hours into the ride, we chose to pick up a mooring ball at Cambridge Cay, we did not want to pull in to someplace new at dark and  reason to waste the whole day. 

It was low tide as we came up to the mooring balls at Cambridge Cay.  We had to pass by the anchorage, go through the cut to the ocean, circle around and come in on the other side because the water was too shallow to come through on the south side.  Jack met us at the entrance and pointed out the last two mooring balls.  We opted to take the one further up the channel as it looked like it had more room to swing.  We secured our lines to the mooring ball and set out to explore a little. 

While Lainey and I were out walking the beaches, the park rangers came by to collect the fee.  By the time we got back, Steve was ready to explore, so we gave him and Piper the grand tour also.  There are some strange things that wash up to the beaches.  Lainey found a child's flip flop.  We have often seen small blue, green and aqua squares and triangles littering the beach.   These look like sea glass, but upon close inspection it turns out to be plastic.  We have heard that much of the trash that is discovered here is coming from countries which allow dumping of trash into the waters.  Visitors to Cambridge are encouraged to collect the trash and deposit onto a pile.  Park rangers will come around and dispose of these items when possible. 

Joy