Yet another great day in the dink

 Today we were fortunate to have the Atlantic lay down to the point I did not have to pump Deb or Rich up with frozen Nippers to get them out on it. We first went South around Guana and found ourselves on the Atlantic in calm seas that were rolling to the tune of about 6 inches. The sun was coming up strong at 10:30 but we were low on fuel and had to return after spending perhaps 15 minutes over the Southern reef areas.
 But once back at Orchid bay and fueled up I figured we might still be lucky and get out on the Atlantic at the North end of Guana.
 Fortunately this turned out to be the case and we were outside on the Atlantic in the dink over the reef for what seemed like an hour. Several other dinks were out there as well so it seems the water was calm enough for everyone today.

 Rich's camera is good to 60 feet so with view bucket in hand we looked for some good shots and found them. 

 It's tough to imagine just how good it looks on the North end of Guana but after a couple of visits out here one can easily understand why some folks would be questioning the logic behind fertilizing a golf course near by. The amount of reef area this close to shore is limited and if they start to lay down tons of fertilizer looking for green grass it's sure to run off into this fragile environment.

 These photos don't do the scenery justice. Even though I was relagated to the chore of driving the water was very clear and I could see just about everything that could be seen with the view bucket. Especially when the water was extremely shallow. Since we were in the dink I was able to set the motor up high for shallow water. That enabled us to skim over areas that were only a couple of feet deep, while not disturbing any of the coral.

 If you look over the GPS data it's going to become obvious that we've covered most of what there is to see around Guana Cay. And that's a good thing because the weather is supposed to sour Friday with Gale force winds on Saturday. We'll be in Marsh Harbour then sending Rich back to the states.