Manjack Cay

Escape and Rocking B decided to visit Manjack Cay. We left the dock at 8:45. It takes a lot of work to leave the dock, even if you are coming back in a few days. We had to unplug the dock power, take the lines off the dock, take the fenders off the boat and leave the fender boards on the dock. It's not like getting in a car, cranking up and taking off. But we did it.

The weather was great, the water calm, and we had a good trip. We passed a boat with a big orange sail, that I thought was pretty, so I took some pictures. Shay noticed they were waving and wondered if they needed help, but they seemed ok, so we went on. Even though there were a lot of boats, we had no problems getting anchored and settled down to enjoy the scenery. Rocking B came in behind us and settled in too. We got anchored at 9:45. We traveled 5.28nm at 5.3kts for 1hr. A very short trip.

Mentaka

Looking toward Manjack

Our boat from Ken's drone. Thanks so much for the great pictures and videos Ken! They are priceless!

We noticed a small sailboat anchoring near by that put his dinghy in the water and sailed toward us. It was Mike and Lorraine on Mentaka from MCYB, our home port.  We did not recognize them, but they did us.

 We decided to take our dinghies into the mangroves to look for rays, starfish and turtles that afternoon at high tide. It can get very shallow, so you have to pay attention to when you go and how long you stay. Mentaka's dinghy is sail or row, they rode with Shay and I went with Margaret and Ken. We had a great time exploring and saw turtles and rays. It's a beautiful place and we are glad we were able to see it again. Escape had dinner on Rocking B and it was very good.

Boats docked way back in the mangroves.

Ken and Margaret from Rocking B

Shay, Mike and Lorraine exploring

We checked out Mike and Lorraine's solar oven

The next morning. we dinghied to the other end of the island to see Penny, the turtle and left so we could be there at high tide, since Donny said that was the best time to see her. He has her trained to come to his boat and eat out of your hand. He takes lots of tourists there to feed her. There are usually rays and shark swimming around too.

We saw lots of turtles and rays, but no Penny. We had bought some squid from Donny to feed her, so we fed the rays instead. They are really beautiful, they look like they are flying. If you stand still, they will try to suck on your toes.

Lorraine feeding the rays.

 

That's me feeding the ray. I didn't like when they got close to my toes!

The shadow of the bubbles made stars!

...Gilligan, the Skipper, too....

...the millionaire and his wife... 

  

We all ate smoked sausage on the grill on Escape then went to Rocking B for music. Of course, Ken was fantastic as always. Mike brought his guitar and played and sang. We had a good time listening to the music and enjoying the scenery.

We spent two nights then needed to get back to the dock because of weather coming in. Today is the day that SeaSalt finally gets here and we are eating on Escape. I've got to get back and cook my beans!

We planned our trip back so we could get in without any depth problems and had a good ride back. It was a great visit to a great island.