Finally, Johnny's Cay

 It took us four tries and a new fuel filter in between the tank and engine but we finally made our way from Hopetown to Johnny's Cay. Once we arrived we were disappointed to find that there is no beach of substance to walk along and comb. Given this development we landed near the dock and looked around for a few minutes but since there is a house on the cay we did not venture far from the shore because that would be impolite even though the shores are accessible to everyone.

 Once done looking around we moved off and started looking for conch. With Deb peeking towards the bottom with a look bucket we slowly picked our way into deeper water with a grassy bottom. When she located one, I would throw the anchor over the side and jump in to look for it while snorkeling. We had to work fast because we were looking for conch near the ocean and the outbound tidal current was strong. Deb indicated that at one point I was swimming strongly but not making any progress.  Under the circumstances is was fortunate the anchor we have for the dink was just large enough to hold it in position while I was free diving for the conch. It wasn't long before we had a few keepers that will make good cracked conch and conch chowder.

 Throughout the trip the dink engine performed well and at this point we're thinking we finally have a decent fix for the problems we've had. The GPS data has been updated with the paths associated with today's trip and some of the failed attempts.