With the winds shifting to the southeast and building we were experiencing and uncomfortable rolling from the swell coming up the island shore.
We moved up and behind White Point to get protection from the southern swell. It helped but wasn't all that successful as the swell just wrapped around White Point.
Meanwhile, there is a wonderful beach at White Point that we only shared with one other boat.
Half the shoreline was beach and the other half was flat rocks and dead coral. No shells or sealife to see.
Its obviously a popular beach for cruisers to visit although not a place to loiter for many days, I expect because of the southern swell that prevails on most days here.
The island is too wide at this point to walk over to the Sound side so there is just the western shore to explore.
A view of Tides Inn anchored off the White Point shore. You can't get too close to shore to anchor here as it gets too shallow quickly.
There was only one other boat up to the left of us who didn't go ashore so we basically had the beach to ourselves.
All has been going fine mechanically with Tides Inn until today when we heard the bilge pump go on. That's not good.
A quick check of the engine compartment - full of water! I had a good idea what was the issue, had to be a leak in the cooling water system. After unloading the back room so we can get access to the engine, yes a clamp had broken on the hose to the oil cooler.
We replaced the clamp and problem solved. I noted that the clamp broke because it was corroded by a slow leak around the oil cooler. We'll have to replace that upon return to Yorktown but for now, 2 clamps and some JB weld epoxy fixed the issue. Cruising is really boat maintenance in exotic locations, as they say.
One last walk on the beach then it was time to move up the Cay further to Jack's Bay.
