Lee Stocking Island to Rudder Cut Cay – Our luck is finally changing

Strong winds passed through the Exumas, so we stayed another day at Lee Stocking Island.

We started the day with a hike to the windward beaches that we spotted on our hill top hike the day before.  Of course the humans all forgot their cameras, so you have to take my word for it, but they were beautiful.  They were also lots of fun!  Plastic and debris had washed up ashore and lined the high tide mark.  Shuffling through the flotsam we concluded that everyone only loses one shoe, but Roy did find a nice US Navy baseball cap.

Back to the boat and the humans were off again in search of lobster.  Unfortunately the strong winds made the best hiding places inaccessible.   Skunked again, they decided to finish the day with a Conch hunt off the protected waters at Normans Pond Cay.

But first they dropped me off on the beach for a run about.

Skunked again we headed back to the boat and got things set for an early morning departure at high tide (when the water level is the highest).

With the morning light we headed off for David Copperfield’s privately owned island, Rudder Cut Cay.

Beautiful palm fringed beach here at the anchorage, but you are not permitted to go ashore.  To insure your honesty they have guard dogs patrolling the shoreline and CCTV cameras.

But to be honest the humans came for underwater sight-seeing anyway.    David Copperfield has sunken a sculpture just off his private shores.

The challenge was on for the boys to get down deep enough to play the piano.  And the winner was?

After  the free diving challenge we headed off to see some reefs.

Our friends on the sailing vessel Taia (see ‘Lime in the Coconut blog Lee Stocking Island) pointed out a nice reef in the area we should visit.  So next we headed there.

And finally our luck changed.

We all finally got our lobster dinner!

The next day we were off to investigate the rock caverns in the coastline.

There is a cavern on both sides of the point.

And lots more lovely beaches with big ‘Private Property’ signs.

Then we headed off to Little Lancing Cay in search of a plane wreck.

In the clear Bahamian waters it was easy to find , and we had fun there.

There were more then humans hanging around

The guide book suggested the point as a nice snorkel for the kids.

We found some lovely coral out crops and gardens.

And guess what we found????

Oh dear!  We will have to have lobster again for dinner!

Although we are anchored off a private island the boys have still found me some local sand banks to run about on.

So do not worry gang.  I still get a run about at the end of the day.

Sun, sand and lobster.  What more is there to life?