Highbourne & Allan's Cay
Lynn & Mike ..around the world
Mike Drinkrow & Lynn v/d Hoven
Mon 17 Apr 2017 20:20
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24:42.97N 76:49.84W Highbourne & Allan’s
Cay
From Nassau we headed across the Yellow Banks to the
Exumas. This is a fairly shallow passage in parts for a yacht with our draft
(close to 7ft) and we dodged a few bommies (coral outcrops) on the way. In Fort
Lauderdale I bought the Garmin navigation App for my Ipad, which comes with
details from the Explorer Charts – gold standard for charts in the Bahamas. This
has made life so easy, as there are marked/ recommended routes through all the
difficult areas. Mike also has this update on his Furuno system, so we are much
more comfortable with the shallow waters here.
After 5 or 6 hours we anchored at Highbourne Cay.
The guys were very keen to hunt down some conch, before we moved south into the
marine park. Mike towed Tim & I behind the dinghy with our snorkelling gear,
but found nothing. We snorkelled a bit on a few bits of coral, which was
pleasant. Later the guys went out again and Mike dived out a bucket full
of conch, and so we made some delicious conch fritters.
  Tim was eventually a champion conch
cleaner
Enjoying the fritters
From Highbourne we took a run in the dinghy to Allan’s
Cays to see the iguanas. This new tender is a winner – goes fast, is very
comfortable & has great lockers– Sharon has now named it “Grand Sithole”
. The bay at Allan’s did not disappoint - the iguanas were on form
and water was beautiful and warm.
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