We have crossed the Bank and the Tongue and arrived at New Providence Island.    We had no desire to go into the overly touristy and expensive Nassau, so we opted for a night stop at a protective cove on the west end of the Island.   The plan was to sleep and then head for the Exumas.   Plans change and there does not seem to be a weather prediction service that is reliable.    We set out at dawn with moderate Easterlies as predicted.      I noticed that the engine Temperature was running too high.   Since we were only in about 12 feet of water we anchored to investigate.    The clouds closed in, the wind began to blow and it also rained.    I dove over the side to check the intake -ok.   Then I pulled the strainer-ok.  I opened the water pump to check the impellor-ok.  Put everything back together and it seemed to be ok.    It could be that something had fowled the intake and then washed away.    Temp was back down to normal.    The problem was we had lost a lot of time and now the wind had piped up.   There was no way we could make Highbourn Cay before dark, so we returned to West Bay.

I began to read up about local attractions as I had not planned a visit to explore. Take a look at what I found in the link below.

 

Check it out…Flipper and Jaws!