Hawksbill, a Treasure in the Exuma Land and Sea Park

After a quick stop overnight for water and fuel at Cape Eleuthera Marina, we left Eleuthera and motor sailed to the Exumas. We remembered the waters of the Exumas had thrilled us before, but the memory paled before the vivid palette of blues as we entered Wax Cut.

 

Our destination was Hawksbill Cay, a beautiful stop, with a hill overlooking the mooring field and marked with a cairn, At Hawksbill, we found a lovely hidden beach pebbled with small islets and rich in all the varied blues of the Bahamian waters.

 

 

Mooring Field at Hawksbill
 



Two days later, after our Shroud Cay reunion with Lou and Nancy on Black Pearl and Jose and Char, on Atlantica, we returned to Hawksbill. we had Happy Hour on the white sand beach directly in front of the mooring field. There were seven boats there, our squadron of four, and a small world coincidence of Tom Spaulding, who works on boats in Boca Chica, Liam and Annie, from Australia, who were aquaintances of Jose and Char, and Phil and Matey, on Susannah Gale.