May 15, 2009 May 13, 2009: We were ready to leave Atlantis in Nassau but when Charlie tried to start the engine, the boat did not respond. Charlie spent several hours trying to identify and fix the problem: checked the grounding, wiring, starter solenoid ... all to no avail. We envisioned a need to have the Yanmar dealer send us a part from Florida. So we had to stay at Atlantis another day. We contacted the Marina office for an electrician. The electrician was out of town but could come first thing in
the morning. Later Charlie asked if they could find another electrician who would be available the same day. They said someone would be there after 3 p.m. I went to another larger grocery store via taxi which cost me $28.00 round trip! 
I also included a trip to the drugstore. Once I returned from my shopping, I went to the pools to relax with Marilyn who was already there. A nice frozen Pina Colada hit the spot! Charlie was waiting for the electrician but he joined Marilyn and me later. The electrician had found a obscure starter relay ground connection which was causing the problem. We enjoyed the beautiful pool until it closed and then had a light pizza dinner before retuning to the boat.
I also included a trip to the drugstore. Once I returned from my shopping, I went to the pools to relax with Marilyn who was already there. A nice frozen Pina Colada hit the spot! Charlie was waiting for the electrician but he joined Marilyn and me later. The electrician had found a obscure starter relay ground connection which was causing the problem. We enjoyed the beautiful pool until it closed and then had a light pizza dinner before retuning to the boat. May 14, 2009: We finally left the Atlantis Marina about 8:30 and proceeded to Hurricane Hole Marina for fuel. We had to wait until another boat fueled up and washed his boat off. We finally left that dock about 9:30 and proceeded out the east entrance to Nassau to Athol Island and Porgee Rocks. The wind was 20-25+ knots from the ESE as we headed to Allen's Cays group, our first stop in the Exumas. It was a wild ride with rail in the water. We had to tack across the rum line (course line) because the wind was too close to the intended track. It was too rough for me to fix lunch so we had peanut crackers and sodas for lunch. We saw land by 2:30 p.m. We arrived at the entrance way point at 3:30 and were anchored by 3:50. On the way there we dodged a wide rainstorm, but scattered showers found us just after anchoring and prevailed throughout the night. About 1:45 a.m. the anchor alarm went off. I was worried about our swinging and hitting a catamaran behind us. The current was affecting us more than the wind. I got Charlie up about 2:15 a.m. to deal with it because the alarm kept going off. We pulled in some of the chain but Charlie said it was tight so seemed to be holding so we backed down on the anchor at 60 ft of chain and let out 30 more. I was still concerned about the catamaran behind us when the current switched so I stood anchor watch until 7 a.m.
May 15, 2009: After a leisurely breakfast, we took the dinghy off the forward deck and put on the outboard preparing to go ashore Leaf Cay and SW Allen Cay to see the iguanas. There are few places left where the iguanas live naturally.
We explored several of this group of cays. We saw several of the iguanas fighting for supremacy. After a late lunch, we prepared to proceed down to the next cay, Highborne Cay, which took us about an hour to reach and anchor. We had to dodge the reefs as we entered along a beautiful beach. 
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