Anchored along the banks of Bitter Guana Cay, we sipped coffee to the sounds of the White Tailed Tropic Birds (pictured below) circling Katooomba from their nests atop the cliffs of the island. For the most part, we’ve only seen very few birds here in the Exumas, so we were very happy to see these beautiful ones flying around us as we enjoyed breakfast. After a relaxing breakfast we began heading south on on the sound side of the Exumas and back to Georgetown. The plan was to pick up Jay’s brother Carl, who would be arriving in Georgetown on Friday to accompany us for the last 5 days of our trip. 

We headed south on the sound side of the Exumas (Outer Ocean) with a light wind of 7mph from the northeast, not enough for any kind of speed to write home about. For the first time we put up the spinnaker, a large, light sail intended for downwind sailing in low wind conditions. For some reason, sailors tend to make spinnakers very colorful, and as you can see from the pictures below, Jay and Gaye were no exception. I had never owned, or sailed with a spinnaker, so for me it was not only a learning experience, but a nice aesthetic change of pace.

Above: Jay hoists the spinnaker.

We settled in with our spinnaker and made our way south to our destination of Great Guana Cay, a large island just above Little Farmers Cay.

We made the passage through Farmers Cay Cut into the west side, or interior between Florida and the Exumas and headed north for a sheltered anchor up against the backside of Great Guana Cay.

Sally, Jay, and Gaye took the Dinghy to explore the island.  I stayed on Katoomba to read Catch 22 on my Kindle.

Above: Exploring amongst one of the many Saw Palmetto’s that populate the Exuma Islands.

After returning from their island adventure, we all decided to take the dinghy a mile south to Tye’s bar and grill, a little shack on the beach of Little Farmers Island for drinks  a great fresh fish dinner.

Beautiful finish to one more day in the Exumas.