Warderick Wells Cay is probably the most popular anchorage in the Exhumas. It's inside a national park and the waters are absolutely pristine. Here, boats pick up mooring balls long a deep blue ribbon of water. On either side of this liquid highway lie sand bars that almost poke above the water at low tide. It's a bit intimadating coming into the anchorage, but once inside it's a magical place.
While the island is uninhabited except for the rangers and park administrators, it feels far from remote. At the office you can sign up for wireless internet, buy T-Shirts, pick-up island maps, or just hang out on their airy deck and chat with the other sailors. We were invited to a cocktail party on the beach (BYO) by the crew on "Dream Weaver" who are from Vancouver. There are so many Canadian boats here in the Bahamas you'll usually meet someone from BC or Quebec in every anchorage.
Here's the s
ummit of Boo Hoo Hill. People are allowed to leave behind a token of their boat - usually the name - carved into a piece of driftwood or conch shell. Some of the plaques had multiple years carved into them and we saw a few names of boats that we first heard of in our starting marina in New Burn, North Carolina. About the only other thing to do for entertainment is to walk around the small island. It's mostly a path that winds over to the windward side of the place. This is a rocky and rough terrain and the going got pretty hot by mid afternoon. Jamie's crocs were never the same after the beating they took from walking on the iron shore.
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