March 31, 2015

March 31, 2015

Tuesday: Shroud Cay

Before we went exploring, we heard a call out on the VHF for anyone with experience with generator problems.  We responded (no we don't have experience, but we like to help whenever we can and Steve is very handy).  We headed over to Got the Fever to help Mary & Tim Dent.  We shared that we knew two engineers on Toucanne who would love to get in on the action.  Rick, Rupert and Steve enjoyed the trouble shooting experience, and got the generator working.  We promised to check in on them in the morning.  We discovered that Rick's brother Tom is a United Methodist Minister in Woodbine, GA. We enjoyed meeting Mary and Tim and their two boys who are being home schooled on their boat.  We told the boys it must be a wonderful experience to spend so much time on their boat.  They had traveled from Georgetown, Exumas and were eventually going to make their way to Alaska.  Their plans are to live on board for two years before returning to their home in Connecticut. 

After lunch we spent  another day in paradise discovering the beauty of the mangrove creeks.  After exploring, we took Toucanne to the deposit box to pay for the mooring ball rental.  The mooring field is owned by the Exumas Land and Sea Park.  The park relies on the honesty of the cruisers to deposit the nominal fee to use the mooring balls.  By the time we arrived, access to the beach had been cut off because of high tide.  Rick scrambled up the hill to leave his payment.  

Joy