We left Cambridge Cay in the afternoon and made the short 10 mile trip to Staniel Cay. I had made pizza dough a couple of days before and it was ready, so it was pizza night. On our trip I was able to get the veggies ready while Sue stretched the dough. We didn’t bring a pizza stone, but found our largest cast iron pan works great.
We arrived a little before sunset, got the anchor set and the pizza in the oven just in time to watch a beautiful sunset. I had also picked up a Kalik Gold in Highbourne Cay, just for pizza night. It doesn’t get any better than pizza and cold beer on anchor.
The next morning we took the dingy to pig beach to see the famous Staniel Cay swimming pigs. I had been saving vegetable scraps over the last few days and even added a good carrot to the mix. Like the iguanas on Allens Cay, the pigs don’t like you visiting empty handed.
Before we landed on the beach, the pigs were heading towards us. As you can see from the pictures, I was trying to drag the dingy on shore but we were surrounded. To make matters worse, Sue was scared to get out of the dingy. Aggressive pan handling on the streets of uptown never scared her, but a bunch of “friendly” pigs had her worried.
I took the food and led them away from the boat long enough for Sue to get out and walk around. But, when I ran out of food, they figured it was time to get Sue’s food and they headed towards her. She ran into the water and I dragged the dingy out to rescue her from the pigs.
I had a good time, but I don’t think we’ll be returning to pig beach anytime soon.
After playing with the pigs, we came back to the boat to get our shopping bags and cooler. I also brought 2 of our Jerry cans to get more gas and diesel.
It’s about a mile from where we’re anchored to the Staniel Cay Yacht Club. They have a nice dingy beach, restaurants, a couple of bars, and fuel. We had lunch at the restaurant, topped up our cans at the fuel dock, and then headed into town to go shopping.
The Mail Boat, the supply ship that stocks the stores, arrives on Wednesday. It’s Tuesday, so not much left for fresh veggies at the market. It’s been a couple of weeks since we’ve been able to get avocados, and we used our last head of cabbage.
In town, there are two grocery stores. Blue and Pink, and they’re next to each other to make it even more convenient. The bakery is the yellow building down the street from Pink and Blue. We stopped by too late because they were already sold out of everything.
Kurt & Sue Sail 