Big Major – Staniel

We have been traveling / hanging out with our good friends on Cat’s Meow.  Lately we have been hovering between Staniel and Little Farmers swapping stories, looking for sea glass and catching up.  Today we are at “Big Major’s Spot” with about 20 other boats……. We normally don’t see that many boats here.  Most of the boats are over 60′ long, some are double that.

Big Major is where the pigs are, we fed them from the dink today, they swam out to meet us.  We got some nice pictures of the pigs and piglets……  There are lots of pig babies this year.

Linda made fresh bread today,  it was awesome as usual.  Earlier in the day we filled up with fuel and water at Staniel so the boat is serviced again.  Gas is cheaper than expected, only $6.05 a gallon so I filled several 5 gallon cans as well…  The mega yachts all have multiple jet skis on each boat so those are running around everywhere.

There have been some squalls coming thru the past few days, today was no exception.  There is not much wind in the showers though, so a bit of rain is welcome enough… It washes the boat off nicely and doesn’t last long enough to spoil the day.

Staniel has spent some money On infrastructure…. Lots of upgrades, new sidewalks and paint everywhere.  They added some new cabanas along the waterfront, it looks really nice.  Apparently the mega yachts have deposited enough money here locally to make a difference.  Staniel has made good use of the influx.

My intent is to spend several days in this area, I already found a great new beach…. and have heard about a good beach for sea glass locally so I will certainly discover that beach in the next couple days.  Little Farmers beach turned out to be productive for sea glass early this week.  I’m waiting for calm low winds to make my way to the ocean side of the islands.  That’s where you find all the good stuff!

Currently it’s 7:00 pm, skies are clear and the wind is light.  If that holds tomorrow I may try the outside in my dinghy.  Cats Meow is doing Thunderball tomorrow, then heading North, I probably won’t follow them.  We haven’t really discovered all there is in this area….. So now is the time to do that.

We are bobbing under the boat, eating well and visiting with fellow cruisers…. Hard to complain about that kind of day.

Sea Yawl Later !!    Rusty

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