Staniel Cay

On the 11th we left the Exuma Land and Sea Park bound for Staniel Cay. The forecast looked like we could sail but the wind ended up on the nose so we motored south. We anchored off an island named Big Majors Spot which was a little tricky to get into with low depths. Big Majors is the home of the original world famous swimming pigs. Tour boats come in all day from afar to offload visitors to see these curious creatures. We decided to check it out during a break in the boat parade. Amy grew up on a pig farm and I have been hearing for years everything there is to know about pigs. I landed Amy on the beach with some raisin bread and lettuce. Only one pig came out to greet her because the others appeared to be sleeping. The young female pig ate the raisin bread, ignored the lettuce, and chased Amy and demanded more. The experienced pig farmer screamed like a little girl and jumped in the dinghy. The persistent porker then swam over and attempted to put its front legs in the boat and board us! I backed off but it swam out about 100 feet so it must have really liked that stale raisin bread.

When we returned Clarity from the YouTube sailing channel the The O’Kelly’s was anchored right beside us. We like this channel and if we updated our our top ten sailing channels we would probably swap out Delos for the The O’Kelly’s. Megan and Nick O”Kelly sort of look like a late 40’s version of Cersei and Jaime Lannister from Game of Thrones. He was a former weather man on TV and has a smooth presentation. They share tips on the live aboard lifestyle as well as document the places they visit. We thought of dropping over to say hi but they already had a non-stop number of fans (but not as many as the pigs) coming by to see them so we decided to give them some space.