Half Moon Cay

Half Moon Cay is Holland America’s private island in the Bahamas. We have visited the island before on our cruise up the Amazon River and in 2019 on a cruise through the Pananama Canal.

The night before, the weather forecast is not looking good, chance of thunderstorms in the morning and then thunderstorms and high winds in the afternoon. We’ll try to go birding, probably won’t be able to get in the water due to lightening.

When the ship arrived, the winds were 32-35 knots, forecast to get worse making it unsafe to drop anchor and tendering would be difficult. The captain made the decision with the local harbor pilot to cancel the port call due to high winds and swell.

Walked the promenade deck outside, three laps is one mile, then attended the port talk for Jamaica and Grand Cayman. Then I walked more, 15 laps is 5 miles.

Donna went to the gym and lifted. Most of the machines were in use, but the free weights were available.

I worked on a puzzle and we ate lunch at 12:30. I worked on the puzzle till finished at 3:20. Then to 3:30 violin, cello and piano trio concert. The musicians are from Ukraine.

Tomorrow is another planned sea day, so we sail slowly on our way to Jamaica. The ship passed on the south side of Cuba.