April 8-10, 2019 Manjack

April 8, 2019 Leaving Great Guana

Looks like we are fishing Orkan

Said goodbye to Alizaron

We raised the anchor before 9am and left Alizarin behind at Great Guana while Orkan trailed behind us.










Rick shared his water with Steve

 

 

Raining so hard

We covered 15 miles to Manjack and arrived before lunchtime.  GaYa even got to sail.  What a nice anchorage.  We really like this place.  We met Sharon and Rick at the beach and walked along gorgeous trails to the ocean side.  Steve found a couple of air plants on the trail and now Sharon and I will each be bringing one home. 
When we got back to the boat, I did some painting while Steve read.  Shortly afterwards, we both went snorkeling.  We couldn't believe all the living sea biscuits, urchins, sea cucumber, and star fish underneath our boat.  It was quite entertaining.  Seeing that I have too many sea biscuits on board, Steve got me a few dead sea urchins to bring home.
It rained so hard we hardly could see Orkan.

After dinner, we watched a movie before going to bed.

April 9, 2019 Exploring more of Manjack (used to be Nunjack)
We decided to stay at Manjack seeing that we love it here and also a front is suppose to hit us tomorrow.  After breakfast, we took the dinghy  towards the one of the beaches and were surprised by a pig who surprisingly greeted us.  We then went in the mangrove area where we saw so many turtles. I never realized how fast they could swim.  The water was so clear and we could see some sort of jellyfish pulsating at the bottom of the water bed.  


This pig surprised & greeted us at the beach

We saw a lot of turtles amongst the mangroves

We really enjoyed driving around



The water was so clear



 

It was really enjoyable to drive around however I wish I would have brought my Go Pro camera where I could have videotaped the turtles underwater.  Maybe tomorrow if the weather cooperates.  I did a little painting when we got back while Steve read.

Around 2pm, Sharon and Rick came over for drinks.  We are trying to figure out where we will be anchoring next.  A front is suppose to hit us but then clear up by the weekend. 

 

Not much of a sunset but the clouds painted a gorgeous scene



After dinner, we watched a movie before going to bed. 

 

April 10, 2019

Sun trying to peep thru

Woke up to a dreary day.  The poor sun tried to shine thru the heavy clouds.We ran the engine to boost up our batteries since the sun will not be out to recharge the solar panels.  It poured most of the days.  I kind of like these days once in a while to catch up on all my hobbies. 
Around 11am, it stopped raining and we decided to go dinghy around the mangroves to see if we can see turtles.  I brought my Gopro this time and managed to capture not only turtles but stingray. 
When we got back, I made chili for tonight's dinner.
At 3pm, we went to Sharon and Rick's boat for appetizers and drinks.  It was nice to have dinner already cooked once we got back to the boat. 

The sky was red tonight as the sun was hiding behind the clouds.  We watch a movie before going to bed.

We plan on leaving Manjack and head towards Powell Cay in the morning.