One of our favorites from last year, so a repeat visit was on the agenda. It was a beautiful, quick ride from Warderick Wells and we all lucked out and found empty mooring balls.
After checking in, we spent some time gawking at the fish weigh-ins from a tournament and watched some sharks swimming around the docks. Next, we set off to explore and find a lunch spot. It was not going to be too hard since their are only three restaurants on the island and only one open. Basking in the sun, we enjoyed cold beers and ‘snacks’ aka chicken sandwiches and sweet potatoes fries. Some nice man stopped his golf cart in the road and we all hopped in. It was a quick ride but many shenanigans!
This year, we took a mooring outside of Staniel Cay Yacht Club to avoid the long dingy ride to the anchorage. We planned on attending the Superbowl party at the club and it was just easier/safer to have a short dink ride. Even though the Superbowl was a bust, we had a great time enjoying a delicious buffet, great seats and cold drinks. The Yacht Club did lose the TV signal a few times, but it gave us chance to yell “Nooo” as loud as possible.
After a relaxing slow morning and delicious breakfast cooked on the deck, we headed out to explore. Along with Into the Mystic and Ship Faced, we dingy’d over to the famous Pig Beach. Let’s just say, way too many pigs rushing the dingy for Tracy! Thanks to Theresa, we have a hilarious memory of our pig encounter. Next, we rode along the coast to Cruisers Beach and set up some chairs and enjoyed some beach time. Sweet Equity got separated from the group for a day and rejoined us in Staniel. Of course, a dingy parade and air horns were in full power to welcome them back. After snorkeling the sunken plane and dinner on board, we enjoyed docktales on Ship Faced and all went home with stomach pains from laughing.
Staniel Cay is one of the larger islands within the Exuma Cays Island chain but is still only 2 square miles and had a population of just over 100 folks. Even though the island is small and walkable, on day three we decided to rent a golf cart to explore the Island to the north. With two golf carts, lots of shenanigans were taking place. We raced down dirt roads to explore beautiful beaches and cliffs! A few branches might have been missing after we took some tight turns. A stop at Pirates Beach was just magical, so much blue water and white sand. We stopped for lunch at the Flying Pig to fuel up for snorkeling The Grotto. It was an action packed day!
