the trip up sand born channel to get to south side marina in provo was another one of those eye ball killers. i was on the bow. to try and tell the difference between how close the coral heads are to the surface and those that are ok to go over plays eyeball games with your mind. i did see a bunch of star fish, and i did guide us around some coral heads that were at the surface and we made into south side marina a ok.
south side marina is a story in itself. just a couple of key notes. we went in on low tide. at one point we saw 2'9" on the depth sounder. we draw 4'3" with about an 18 inch difference of where the depth sounder is on the bottom of the boat to the surface of the water. kirks face went white when readout went to 2'9" as we were in the "channel" to get to the marina. the marina is under construction so they were dredging which made the color of the water milky aqua. it was cut out of the side of the hill and the wall in the bathroom was the side of the hill. cracked me up. also, only one restroom and the shower had no hot water and a pull string in order to make the shower work. all adds up to the character of the place of which i could go on and on. after two nights we were booted out as we were in the way of the gas dock early in the am and on our way to ambergris. this was another bank crossing which was beautiful as the waters are shallow, however is another eyeball killer and watch out for unmarked coral heads.
ambergris bay was beautiful water and provided shelter for the night. our friends on one white tree were with us and Ross swam over with his grib files (has to do with weather). he visited for a short time and then swam back to his boat. we left early next morn off through more reefs and coral heads (our favorite thing now) to Big Sand Cay. oh my that was a beautiful place. we were there just for the afternoon to rest before trekking out on a night sail to Luperon DR.
i could have stayed at Big Sand Cay for a few days and explored the island, painted etc, however the weather window called for us to leave. we did see some dolphins playing there and so that was fun but then it was nap time.
we arrived in Luperon DR this morning after a hellish night of high winds, seas from the wrong direction, two cruise sips that were not lit up that crossed out path and added an hour or so of dodging them in high seas and thank God kirk is so smart as our dingy cable broke, but he had put an extra line around the davit and tied it to the eye hooks in the boat. once again, he saved the day.
the hysterical part is we were both so tired from last night that he got in the dingy and was going to untie his backup system when he realized that was the only lines holding the boat and he was standing in it!!!! we spend about a half and hour with the commandant here on our boat and then on into town to go to 5 other government agencies and pay them their special fee. what a fiasco.
looking out from our anchorage atwoods
dolphins in great sand
great sand
more of great sand
coral heads crossing the sound
the water here in luperon is dirty. so dirty that you cannot swim in it. reminds me of home. at any rate, i did not suffer through last night to not have pretty water so i hope we leave here soon. the boat liberty is here. we met them in georgetown. great to see nancy and their kids chris and josh. dave is back in the states.
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