Day 69: Shark Creek Inlet

Bay of Five Pirates, Berry Islands, Bahamas (anchored)

March 24, 2022

Five dinghies left the Bay of Five Pirates this morning on a quest to get to Shark Creek Inlet.

We had to transverse a narrow passage through the mangroves.  Sometimes we had to paddle.

Sometimes folks got out and pulled (we were on a rising tide and the water was pretty low).

Even when we had our motors running, the water was fairly shallow.

We finally made our way to the blue water of the inlet where there were about 15 sea turtles swimming around.  Such a great reward!

We were able to beach our dinghies and enjoy the water in the inlet.  There were two small lemon sharks swimming in the shallows.  They were very skittish about people and would swim off when we waded in.

We managed to make it back to our boats before the rain came which is a bonus.

John saw a bunch of bull sharks when he was in the marina this evening. When fishing folks clean fish the sharks appear to grab their share.

Tomorrow is forecast to be rainy.  We have a few tasks to complete.  I think I also will need to see if I can somehow get a new phone; tonight I dropped this one and it fell into the engine room, right in the tray that’s been collecting drips of transmission fluid.  I can see the fluid creeping up behind the screen.  I don’t even know if this will be possible since this very small island doesn’t have very many shopping options.