Sugar Sands & Dinghying Around Exuma's National Park (Sailing Curiosity)

What do you think? I think it's beautiful. We made it. We are in the Exumas and not just in the Exumas but in the land and sea part. We crossed over from Eleuthera and it was nice smooth sailing. Caught a mackerel. Caught a fish. Beautiful mackerel. Oh he's a big one. He's good. Then we anchored out at Lobster Key, checked out some of the coral and get this caught a lobster which is good. Had to stock up there because there is no lobstering. There's no fishing. It is look but don't touch or take inside the park. It's all protected. It is just for exploring and that we are ready to do. Here's snorkeling. Where do we go like an eighth of a mile? Maybe more like a 16th maybe. Drop the hook honey. One of the little raked envelopes for the mooring balls here and for a 40 to 49 foot vessel that would be us it's $30 per night for the moorings. There you go or you can stay where we are and I'm fairly certain it's free because it doesn't mention anything about anchor rates for smaller boats. Running late as usual this morning? Yes but not too late. It's high tide straight up. We're supposed to go in here on an incoming tide because the water is so skinny and there's no way out. Once you're in you're in. No but once you get to the other side then we can come around. There's a sandbar you can't get out. So literally if you get stuck in here you're stuck until high tide again. Oh Jason it's gonna be fun. Such a worry ward. It's gonna be good. It's gonna be beautiful. It's a beautiful day. Beautiful day to be positive. No vessel to exceed three knots. So easy does it. Yep there's a ray. Oh it's a spotted ray. Oh he's so pretty. And there he goes. That's a nice start. There you go. Success. Right off the bat. I think I'm gonna kill the engine and paddle. That's exactly what I was gonna say. There he is right in front of us again. He's so happy we killed the engine. He's like thank you. We're still in Shroud Key at the north end and what we're paddling through is an estuary just surrounded by mangroves and this is one of at least three I believe that cut through this island but it is the only one that you can take a motorized vehicle. Vehicle? Boat? Vessel? Vessel. There we go. But anyway it's supposed to be lots of marine life and dead ends in this beautiful sandbar at the beach and that's why you can get stuck in here is if you don't plan correctly then all the water will be gone and you'll be stuck. Another thing I feel like I have to point out is I know there's probably some rigid inflatable boat paddling experts out there and I am paddling this way so I can see. I am aware that it's probably more effective to paddle with my back like this but then I can't see. So that's why I'm not paddling this way. And why are we late? It's probably my fault. I didn't make coffee fast enough. It's definitely not Nikki's fault. It's my fault. That was really nice of you not to throw me under the bus. I don't know what happened if I did. I can throw me under the bus you can't throw me under the bus. Exactly. And we're getting to some mangrove lined areas on both sides. We got a turtle. Success! We made it. We made it. Oh late and all. Late and all. See I told you it's gonna be fun. I know but you see the other people coming in like full throttle. They were probably more worried than I was. Come on honey. Oh sugary soft. Oh that is good sand right there. All this sand water is perfect beach isn't it? You just walk out there for at least a mile I bet you. There's supposed to be driftwood or so I thought and then people that we met up top said in their little brochure it talked about a driftwood like little cabin or hut or whatever up there but that's not there either anymore. So now it's just a lovely beach with a short little hike up to give you perspective. Still well worth the visit. Just no driftwood. That just does not get old. It's so beautiful. Just beautiful. What is it? You're pretty close. My walking one mile out might have been an overstatement. I think but low tide maybe. We're a sixteenth of a mile out and we're already here but the water is so clear it's deceiving because it looks like it would be like the same depth for quite a while and I don't think that's the case. If you see our shark friend you better speak up. Okay is that him right there? I think so. Turn on the underwater camera. Here he comes. He's coming close. He's just curious until he bites us. Curiosity turns to luxury. I don't know why but I always feel more safe when I'm in the water and I can see them. Yeah. You can gauge what's going on and their behavior a little bit better. He just sees legs. Turkey legs. Not an aggressive looking shark but still doesn't mean I want him swimming around my leg. Going for a little ride there? I was thinking about it. The current looks nice. It'll take me out to the sandbar and kind of eddy me out right here. Maybe straight to the shark. That's what I was thinking. I got the camera just in case. Don't worry about me. Just get the camera. I'm really glad we upped your insurance policy. How's the ride? How was it? Good fun. Scary at all or just fun? A little nervous at first. It looked fun. Yeah but it was good. Nope. Remember there's not sharks in the river. I swam over a little too quickly. Should have gone further out. That's alright. I was chicken the first time too. How far will it take me out there? No big deal. Not with 20 horsepower. Yeah true. Man there's people with like a little six or nine horsepower and they were really struggling to go against this current. Kept getting shoved into the rocks. I was worried for him. Shark shark shark. Oh nope he's moving. Hear me say shark. He's like oh I've got an audience I better wake up. Do something shark like. It was a fun adventure. I like that. I am recording track and ready to rock and roll on to Wardrobe House. It's not that we're ready to go yet. It's the fact that another blow is coming potentially according to the wind predictions from the west and there's absolutely no protection here from the west which means we have to hurry up get to the spot we really want to see so we can get to somewhere that we might have protection. The crazy part about living on a boat. You are at the whim of living in a boat. Sorry I didn't mean to cut you off. A little boat yoga there. I love that bridle but I hate it. Still gotta bring up the anchor. Okay that way. Hey guys want to see what else we're up to? You can find us on Instagram by clicking the join us button on the screen and a huge shout out to our patrons for keeping these videos flowing. Thanks guys.