Yesterday Mary and I went to chat with Clare and Francis and I especially wanted to see how Clare’s knee wound was doing. Meant it to be a short visit but time seemed to contract around our visit. Fortunately her wound was fine and she had had a good night.
Got back to Amanzi for a very late lunch with Estelle and Alastair who were waiting very patiently while we were out visiting 
After lunch Alastair decided on a few zzzzz’s while Estelle and I went snorkelling along the coral gardens. Once again saw many humungous lobsters – unfortunately still in the Exuma National Park so couldn’t take any for dinner 
Mary stayed on Amanzi and busied herself with baking bread and chocolate brownies – yummy!!!
Last night the wind picked up a lot and we had a bouncy night with the current trying to move the boat in one direction and the wind in another. Would that they were in sync!!! I had a good sleep though:)
2012-03-12 Hopefully we’ll be moving tomorrow
Today was another windy day but we took ourselves off for a walk on one of the trails on the islands. Saw some beautiful secluded beaches and great views of the Exuma Sound.
All things being equal we should be on the move again tomorrow. There seems to be a very short weather window so we’ll probably make the dash to Nassau where we’ll be in a marina till we can move again. As you can see from our track we are slowly making our way north and west towards the USA and, ultimately, Fernandina Beach.
It just seems to us – and everyone else we seem to talk to – that the winds are much stronger than usual and this is keeping most cruisers from continuing their various journeys. We are of the few that are heading north as there still seems to be a preponderance of cruisers moving south.
