CODA HERE IN THE BAHAMAS 2025 (24)

 CODA : exploring the Berry Islands, Bahamas.

3 February 2025 

Anchorage behind Cabbage Cay, Hoffman's Cay, Bahamas  

Sunset behind Cabbage Cay.  Note that there is nothing as far as the eye can see to the west.

Marc-  Somehow I skipped this day in the blog (real reason is lack of internet).  We left Great Harbour Cay to head south.  We motor sailed first north around Little Stirrup Cay and Big Stirrup Cay and then went south to Hoffman's Cay Inlet, found Cabbage Island and anchored behind it.  This part of the Berry Islands is very pristine with several uninhabited islands.  

Coming out of the narrow cut of The Bay of the Five Pirates,

Great Harbor Cay

Two Royal Caribbean Cruise Ships at Little Stirrup Cay.  The Island is an entertainment center for cruise ship guests.

A Norwegian Cruise Line ship anchored just off of Great Stirrup Island.  This particular ship is a little to tall and too thin for me.  The ship has only about 30 draft and more than 3 times that above the waterline.

Sue and I land on a small uninhabited Island.  

No footprints in the sand.

Sue has found some treasure.

Sue's haul.

I notice that the island is made of very sharp coral stone that would not take long to carve up a boat.

I also notice that a nice pine tree is somehow growing out of this very sharp coral.

I also notice the coral reef in the middle of the entry channel to this island.

A puffy sand dollar.

Sue:  Really the highlight of the trip so far, for me, has been finding the conch and sand dollars.  The sand dollars are much larger and puffier than what we have seen in Massachusetts.  There were a lot of them on or near the shore, all dead.  We have seen a lot of conch shells in our prior Bahamian ports, but in fisherman dumping grounds, not at the beach.  These conch all had a hole up near the top, all in the same place, and Marc somehow knew that fishermen jab something sharp in that spot that kills the conch.  I subsequently read about how they are killed and cleaned, and it is gruesome.  I didn't finish reading the horrible description.