Friday morning we got up and threw around the idea of going to No Name Cay just to get out of our lazy and complacent mode and get set up to go through The Whale in the next couple of days.  It has been nice to sit at Manjack and have unlimited internet and the fishing certainly has provided us with all we can eat, but we are anxious to explore new grounds.

A day at the beach will do this to you

Moved to No Name and almost immediately went hunting and got an octopus, a conch and two lobsters.  We saw lots more of everything, but have decided that we know enough places to get fresh meat every day that we are not going to fill the freezer.  Spent Friday and Saturday at No Name.  I tried a new recipe for the octopus, but the consensus is my first recipe is better.  Got the opportunity to sleep on deck under a full moon.

picture out the front door

Got up early Sunday and took a bouncy trip through the Whale. Swells were 4-6 feet, but with a long enough period that it wasn’t too too bad.  Thank goodness that passage is only an hour long though.

my sail repair shop

Anchored at the southern end of Guana near Chandler’s house.  On our sail here, we noticed a few places on the staysail where the protective covering needed to be resewn.  We took the sail down, got out the sewing machine and Kathi completed the repair job in about an hour.   The offshore swells are still too large to comfortably get to the outside reefs in the dinghy.  We still want to get off the boat everyday and get into the water for some swimming exercise.  Near the anchorage is a small Cay, about a half acre in size that we decided would be perfect for Kiwi to explore while we swam.  We want her to be able to run around freely, but not get into too much trouble or get lost.  In the early evening, Chandler came out to the boat to say hi, give us a bunch of lobster and warn us that a strong thunderstorm looked to be moving our way that would be short-lived but very windy.  We enjoyed seeing him and getting the warning. We battened down and played a game of Rumikub.

a pic out the back door. Notice Kiwi