Highbourne Cay Marina

Friday, May 6, 2016 -  Highbourne Cay Marina

Today we came straight down the Tongue of the Ocean! The seas were 2-3 feet down the tongue and settled down to about 1 foot as we crossed the shallows into Highbourne Marina.  The trip was very enjoyable.  To our surprise when we pulled into Highbourne, my brother and sister-in-law were there.  And we ended up in the slip right beside them.  What are the chances of that???  We were aware that we were both in the Bahamas (on boats) but we had no idea of each others float plans.  As it turns out, we will be travelling very close to one another for the next couple of weeks, until Bruce heads back to the US and we head to Abaco and Grande Bahama.  Well this should be fun!  As it stands now, Bruce will be here for 2 nights and we will be here 3 nights then we are both moving on to Warderick Wells. 


Marlin Striker, I'm Doin Alright, Caliante

Tonight we unloaded the tender and took a little ride out through the entrance and back.  We checked out the Nurse Sharks that guard the entire entrance.  We also saw an Eagle Ray behind our boat.  The water is very clear here and lots of fish in the underwater lights.  

Depart:  Chub Cay - 10:45 AM
Arrived:  Highbourne Cay - 3:27 PM
Travel Time: 3 hours and 27 minutes
Average Speed:  23.8 kts
Maximum Speed: 26.9 kts
Distance traveled:  82.1 NM

Saturday, May 7, 2016

We loaded the tender with lunch, umbrella, fish pole, and snorkeling gear and headed out to the little lagoon at the end of the island.  We tried a fishing, but only a little as it was too rough to go to the deep side of the island with the tender so we stayed on the shallow side.  That worked great for getting to the lagoon, but not so well for fishing.  We were the only ones in the lagoon so we had the beach and the cabaña all to ourselves.  We did some shelling and swimming then had our picnic lunch.  About mid afternoon we headed back to the boat as we did not take Stew with us so it was time to go back. 

Dolphin Striker

We had a wonderful dinner at the Xuma Café with Bruce and Lori and their friends, Chris and Sean.  The Xuma Café is one of the few restaurants in the Xuma's so we figured we would take advantage of not having to cook and call it a Mother's Day dinner a night early. 

Sunday, May 8, 2016 - Mother's Day

It is time for us to start up the watermaker.  So the morning was filled with housekeeping while Bill started the watermaker.

After lunch we all took a dingy ride over to a nearby island, Allen's Cay to see the iguanas. 

Bruce (my brother) & Lori (sister-in-law) at Allen's Cay

Iguana Island - Allen's Cay