Little Farmers Cay to Galliot Cut, Exumas, Part 6
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During the next few days, we used the dinghies to explore the adjacent cays. On the banks side, a mile or so away was a ghostly looking sand bore. Gone at high tide, but shimmering on the horizon when low. We visited the sand bore and found some small, but unusual shells there. You have to be very very careful not to beach the boat during a falling tide though as it can be left high and dry in pretty short order. Not that we had any experience like that though.
Cave Cay just to the south of Galliot Cay and several other local islands have caves that call out to be explored. These cays, however, are private and posted. Someones always raining on the parade.
Musha Cay near here is said to be one of the largest job sites in the lower cays due the high level of development. Hotels, homes, rentals, new marinas, you name it. The locals zip by in their high speed boats going to and from work. In general, the Bahamas, once a haven for petty thieves due to low employment, is now criminally sedate. (Nassua still has its problems though.) Most everyone has jobs and from the appearance of their expensive high speed boats and the cost of fuel, they are doing pretty well.
Leaving Galliot, a really large power catamaran megayacht moved in just as Hiede was pulling anchor. They wanted Hiede's spot so badly that they nearly ran them down. The megayacht, with all their pompacity, wouldn't communicate with Heide to tell him their intentions. I suspect they were listening though, and almost certainly heard the special words from Heide regarding their aberrant lineage.
We had to go in on the banks several miles and pass the small and uninhabited Pimlico Cays on the way towards the next stop at Adderly Cut. This is a special section that I particularly enjoyed. The course through this area of shallows follows a riverlike natural cut for roughly 20 miles. Navigation is by eyeball with lesser emphasis on following the chart except for key points. Often, boats choose to go outside into Exuma sound to avoid this route, but they miss something special when they do. The patterns on the bottom and the colors are spectacular.
Galliot Cut