Forecast: Winds N 6-11 knts, seas 3-5’, scattered showers.
A high pressure system has now settled quite nicely over the area so no showers to be seen. Overnight it was almost dead calm and the sea was like glass in the anchorage as we got up.
We liked it so much here we decided to stay put. We headed by dinghy this morning into Cooper Island Beach Club where we sat in the bar for a while with a nice cold drink, doing the usual exchange for wi-fi. Catching up on posting to the blog and email all within feet of the ocean; can’t get much better than that.
Cistern Point, just to the south of Manchioneel Bay had some great snorkelling. Never seen so many sergeant majors just everywhere you looked!
(Not a great photo but it gives the idea of how many there were.)
We headed back to Mowzer for lunch and while sitting on the deck looking down through the 25’ of water we are anchored in, we could actually see two rays on the sand below. We joined in the fun for another snorkel as we followed the rays from the surface for about 15 minutes around the boat. The picture is a little murky since I’m 25’ away but the ray was about 2’ in width and about 5’ long including his tail.
Then, over to the reef off our bows for another ‘aquarium’ swim. This time is was a school of blue tangs that caught our attention.
Dinner tonight was made up of left-overs from a number of our previous meals: bbq chicken, rice, corn and stir-fry veg and the last of the meatballs. I have to say that I am quite happy to see the last of those darn meatballs. They were quite yummy but a bit too numerous! We’ve done very well with our provisioning though with not a lot of unused supplies. We’ll probably pick up a breakfast treat when we check out at Soper’s Hole or in at Cruz Bay tomorrow but otherwise we should just about make it home. We’re planning on one last day on St. John on Saturday (I feel another hike in the planning) before heading back to CYOA on Sunday.
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