{"id":1753,"date":"2013-03-21T13:23:22","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T13:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=1753"},"modified":"2013-03-21T14:03:29","modified_gmt":"2013-03-21T14:03:29","slug":"enjoying-little-farmers-cay-bahamas-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=1753","title":{"rendered":"Enjoying Little Farmer’s Cay Bahamas where it’s good to be blue."},"content":{"rendered":"

Early in our trip to the Bahamas we visited Little Farmer’s Cay to participate in the Bahamas sloop regatta. \u00a0I wrote about this in a previous post and really had a blast sailing on one of the sloops. \u00a0 \u00a0It’s been several months since we were last here so it’s fun to be back in “town”.<\/p>\n

One thing that is very different this time than during our last visit is the state of the wind. \u00a0While there is a small cold front coming through this morning, bringing fairly strong NW winds, it’s not expected to last long and to blow through by later this afternoon, bringing moderate winds with it’s departure. Earlier in the season, we had similar weather but the strong winds persisted for several days and it was a lot windier. \u00a0 \u00a0As the season progresses (ie: closer to summer weather) the fronts are not as strong. \u00a0That’s good. \u00a0A number of folks have told us that this season has been the toughest with regards to weather in years. \u00a0 To us the weather has been challenging but we have nothing to compare it to.<\/p>\n

However, while it’s windy right now, yesterday was very different with near perfect weather for hanging around and enjoying the beaches and sights of Little Farmer’s Cay.<\/p>\n

It’s hard to describe how clear and blue the waters here are when the winds are settled. \u00a0To stand on board Pandora and look down into\u00a0crystal\u00a0clear 15′ deep water and see schools of blue tangs swimming by is just amazing. \u00a0I have a glass bottom bucket that makes it easy to see everything, but yesterday you hardly needed it as the surface was just so still.<\/p>\n

I really tried hard to find a way to photograph the water to give and idea of what this really looks like. \u00a0I hope that the following photos provide some context to what we saw. \u00a0Amazing.<\/p>\n

I climbed up on Pandora’s radar arch and took this shot directly down into the water. \u00a0Can you say blue sparkly?\"\"<\/a>This is what it looked like forward. \u00a0Up ahead, that’s Ariel, the Aerodyne 47 we have been sailing with for the last few days. \u00a0\u00a0\"\"<\/a>Ariel, home to our friends Miles and Loreen, is a remarkable boat and one that can always beat me, even if she is only a bit faster. \u00a0Having said that, she is in different league and is perhaps the only boat I’d trade Pandora for. \u00a0Unfortunately, I’d have to have two of Pandora to make the trade about equal. \u00a0 \u00a0She’s fast and elegant. \"\"<\/a>\u00a0I always look for ways to photograph Pandora looking lovely in her native environment. \u00a0This view is a particularly fetching one. \u00a0 \u00a0Even Pandora appeared to be a lovely blue.\u00a0\"\"<\/a>And just off of our starboard beam, the Little Farm’s Cay Yacht Club. \u00a0 The\u00a0proprietor\u00a0has a great name, Roosevelt Nixon. \u00a0He’s a very nice guy. \u00a0 I love the colors that buildings here are painted. \u00a0Very bright and fun. \u00a0In our little New England town, \u00a0the “decorum police” would burn the place down overnight if we painted our home this bright a color. \u00a0 Here, it works.\"\"<\/a>To get the most out of the day we spent several hours looking for shells on nearby beaches and came back with a spectacular haul. \u00a0 After that Brenda and I toured the harbor enjoying the sights. \u00a0The community fish cleaning station was pretty busy. \u00a0These guys had speared a few large groupers and were happy to show off their catch.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Some large rays were happy to pick up the scraps. \u00a0Interestingly, unlike Rum Cay, where the cleaning station attracted all manner of sharks, \u00a0rays were the only “locals” eager to clean up. \u00a0These rays don’t look that big in this shot but they are up to 4′ across.\"\"<\/a>This cute little guy seemed to be enthralled by the action in the water below.\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Everyone turned out it seems to see the catch of the day. \u00a0It was fun checking out the action.
\n\"\"<\/a>When the weather is perfect, there’s no place more enchanting than the Bahamas. \u00a0When it’s blowing like stink, which it does with regularity, a little less \u00a0but still better than snowy and blowing. \u00a0 \u00a0I am liking the whole winter warm thing. \u00a0Easy to get used to.<\/p>\n

I am \u00a0beginning to think about plans for next summer which will probably include a visit to Maine again, our 16th visit. \u00a0Pandora’s sheep mascots have been thinking about it too it seems. \u00a0 Hmm…\"\"<\/a>Oh yea, I should note that Brenda’s doing great with her basket making and has now finished three, each better than the last. \u00a0Some photos to come soon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking of baskets, we have been told that there is some sort of craft show in town today. \u00a0Not sure what “town” is here but we’ll probably check it out.<\/p>\n

Perhaps I’ll close with a shot, taken 5 minutes ago, of some impressive clouds. \u00a0Notice the beached fishing boat on shore. \u00a0It’s been there for years and is a solid reminder that we go forth here with the grace of God. \u00a0 \u00a0Things can go badly, even in paradise\u00a0and we shouldn’t forget it. \u00a0So far, so good… \u00a0And, I remain an optimist and “ever hopeful”. \u00a0What a great day!\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Early in our trip to the Bahamas we visited Little Farmer’s Cay to participate in the Bahamas sloop regatta. \u00a0I wrote about this in a previous post and really had a blast sailing on one of the sloops. \u00a0 \u00a0It’s been several months since we were last here so it’s fun to be back in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_s2mail":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1753"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1764,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753\/revisions\/1764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}