It’s Sunday morning and the sun is up and there’s NO WIND. Amazing!!! With all of the strong winds we’ve had over the last few months, a day of no wind is a special treat. The view of the soft clouds and absolutely still water are remarkably peaceful. 
I guess spring is here in the Bahamas. Chris Parker, the weather router, did say that we would be in for a nearly perfect week of light to moderate winds from the east, a good angle for heading north as we make our way up the Exuma chain toward Nassau.
We are anchored at Big Majors Spot, an island right near Staniel Cay where we met Rob and Kandice yesterday afternoon. On our way as we walked the short distance to the “airport”, we spied a family of chickens, moma and chicks. “run away, run away” All I could get was a shot of their behinds. “Here, chicki, chicki…”
Brenda and I were at the airport, such as it is, when their plane arrived. The plane landed and taxied over to where we were standing. 
As the plane approached a hand came out of the window waving furiously. It was Rob, imagine that, sitting in the right seat next to the pilot. I guess that they didn’t have assigned seating so he must have bolted to the best seat in the house. No surprise there. I guess they didn’t need a co-pilot. Doesn’t he look happy to see us? And we to see him.
After a visit to the Staniel Cay Yacht Club bar for a beer, off we headed to Pandora. We visited the pigs at Big Majors Spot and went for a swim.
“So, what’s the plan for your week with Rob and Kandice Bob?” Thanks for asking…
We’ll hit some of our favorite spots on our way north. In particular, there’s one stop that we’ll make that I wanted to mention and that’s Over Yonder Cay. This is a not so small privately owned island, a short distance from Staniel. It’s one that you can’t visit without permission from the owner. And that’s where this interesting story begins.
Last summer I wrote about this island and its owner in a post while we were home in CT. We had sailed past the island last winter and I was fascinated by the huge wind generators on the island, the only ones we have seen in the Bahamas. When one of the yachting magazines that I get ran a profile about the owner, and his island, I had to do a post. Well, it seems that the owner, Dr. Borsharge, saw the post and I guess he liked what I wrote about him and his island as he has invited us to visit (actually a representive contacted me) through a comment on my blog. How neat is that?
Imagine that, a visit to a private island in the Exumas, Over Yonder Cay… So, on Monday we will pull Pandora into the island’s private marina for a tour of Over Yonder. More to come on that…
For the rest of the week, well, you could say that we’ll be sailing “over yonder” but as to where exactly that is… I guess you’ll have to come back here and see for yourself. Of coure, if you click on “where’s Pandora” on this blog, you can see exactly where we are.
Yes, a great week coming up and then, back to CT with crew from Nassau.
Lots to do. Perhaps I’d better get the coffee on.
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