Rock Sound

We sailed the whole way to Rock Sound, which was nice! It is a big Harbour yet very protected from the winds, we anchored close to the town, once settled we headed in to check out what was ashore. It is smaller than Govenours Harbour but the people were very friendly. We made our way to the Ocean Hole, which was in the town and were surprised to see how well kept and nice it was. There was a family from Toronto there feeding the fish and their little boy was in swimming. After a few noisy nights in Govenours Harbour we were looking forward to a quiet night but much to our surprise we were woken up about 4am when the mail boat arrived and they proceeded to unload it for the next 2 hours. The town comes alive when the boat arrives!

   We were excited to have Kevin arrive on the 31^st. He flew in from Edmonton to Nassau with a stopover in Toronto then changed planes arriving in Rock Sound at 415pm. The airport is just at the end of the bay so Richard took the dinghy over to pick him up. Being New Years Eve we went over to Scott and Michelle’s boat for Happy Hour and were joined by Paul and Phyllis and Jeannette and Terry. In true cruiser style we were home and in bed by 9pm!

  The next morning we left early for Allen’s Cay it was a windy day and we made good time. The guys were excited to try out the yoyos (fishing gear) on the trip so we had them behind us most the way but didn’t catch anything. We ended up staying in Highborne Cay as it was really windy and we didn’t want to risk going into Allen’s with the waves. It was a shock to see all the mega yachts around, a big change from Eluthera! Richard and Kevin weren’t long getting in the water to check out the sights and were quickly greeted by a Nurse Shark hanging around them. The next day we dinghied into the Marina to pick up some supplies, it was definitely one of the more upper scale ones that we have been too and that was the reason we were anchored! Kevin picked up a case of pop for $42! After lunch we headed over to Allen’s Cay to check out the Iguanas, there sure were a lot of them and they enjoyed the cabbage that we brought for them. We snorkeled abit around Leaf Cay, Kevin came across an old truck under water and there were two old engine blocks on shore. The water was beautiful, so warm and clear; I was surprised by the current though as it was definitely noticeable. Kevin managed to spear a lobster – the world’s smallest lobster – amazing how everything is magnified under water! We headed over to Southwest Allen’s Cay and the guys did abit more diving as I enjoyed the sun on the beach! That evening I cooked up Kevin’s lobster and he enjoyed his first Bahamian lobster!

   Saturday morning as we were having breakfast we had a visitor arrive, a little bird arrived on our deck and was quite friendly, we shooed him away but he quickly came back. He ended up sharing Richards breakfast of cereal and toast. After breakfast we headed out for Wardrick Wells but it was very windy and we were beating into it so we diverted into Shroud Cay where we picked up a mooring ball. Once again we were surrounded by mega yachts with lots of jet skies and fast dinghy’s. They guys headed in to check out the island and the rivers that cross Shroud Cay. They did a bit of diving and swimming on the ocean side as well. We will stay here tomorrow as the winds are again forecast to be high.