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Indiscipline Cruise
2001
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| Our first Exuma anchorage was Allan's Cay, one of the nearest to Nassau. After crossing the Yellow Banks with 2 trawler buddy boats - Simon Says and High Cotton, Allan's was a welcome home for 2 days. Indiscipline, on the right above, was in a rather exposed spot so the following day we moved 1/4 mile to SW Allan's. |
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The Allan's anchorage is composed of several Cays: Allan's, Leaf, and SW Allan's. Once living throughout the Bahamas, these little islands are the last homes of the famous Rock Iguanas. |
| Sunrise in a quiet cove on SW Allan's, shown to the right and below. The shallow cove is well protected on 3 sides and made a perfect home for our second day in the Exumas. |
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| The girls planted a coconut they had carried some miles on this beach on SW Allan's. Maybe someday it's offspring will give that lone palm a little company. |
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| A frontal passage was forecast so we headed south to Norman's Cay. Once the private island of a drug lord from Colombia, the island now composes a quiet anchorage full of interesting ruins including an ancient crashed plane sitting in 3 feet of water. Norman's has to be one of the most popular anchorages in the Exuma's and was home to 25 to 30 boats during the blow. There is a hamburger stand and an airstrip on the island. |
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| The girls loved Gunter's Cay (in Normans) because we could drop them and Duncan off on this tiny private island. There was great snorkeling in the drop off to the deep channel just off this little beach, were we saw hundreds of fish and swam with Eagle Rays. After this picture perfect day we spent 2 days trapped on the boat while 35 knots winds raged and 3 foot waves swept the anchorage. That weather pattern became typical of our winter visit to the Bahamas. |
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