Yesterday we left White Sound and briefly stopped at the town on Green Turtle Cay, New Plymouth. It was also established by Loyalists and has an old New England flavour to it. We anchored offshore and took the dinghy into town to replenish my sadly depleted fishing supplies (with no fish to show for it), as well as a few groceries.
Dinghying back to the boat was quite a challenge as a sizeable chop had developed and we got pretty wet getting to, and trying to clamber back into the boat.
New Plymouth
Then we sailed west to Powell Cay where our friends recommended the conching. We really wanted to give this a try and managed to get one legal size conch and a Queen Helmet shell. The snorkelling was all in shallow water in grassy areas, which is where the conch live. There were lots of sea urchins there and our Queen Helmet was in the process of eating one when we found it. Quite a number of small colourful fish swam about. The Cay has a tree where visitors have hung flotsam on their branches. Old fenders, fishing nets, shoes, bikinis are all fair game.
Flotsam tree
Powell Cay - we're the only ones here
Water or air?On the leg from Powell Cay across the water to Cooperstown (maybe a mile apart?) we started our engine and alarm bells sounded! Overheating! Again! So out went the anchor and Chris once again replaced the water pump and belt. Success! Both our alarm lights went out, even the one that had been on permanently for a few days. What a relief!
Until 15 minutes later when they all started blaring again! Oh well.....off with the motor, up with the sails, and we sailed to the shore north of Cooperstown where we anchored for the night.
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