Hands down Rudder Cay is one of my most favorite anchorages. The water, the landscape, and the beaches are beautiful. It is seriously a slice of heaven.
Us and B4Checkout were the first into the anchorage however we had another boat close on our tail. Unsure of where exactly we should anchor, we hesitated a bit too long and our new friends from Canada would swoop in to get a prime spot. Our spot wasn’t shabby however it was a little too close to the rock formation for my liking. It did offer a bird’s eye view of the cave but that came with a price of the local tourist boat operators zooming into area to swing by the cave to show the tourist they had on board. Some of these guys would barrel down with zero respect for us being anchored there.
As soon as we arrived the first order of business was finding the Mermaid with a full scale baby grand piano that David Copperfield commissioned. We got there before the rest of the crowds came in. The anchorage filled in pretty fast after we arrived.
The dogs had access to beautiful beaches that looked like they could be developed at any point in time. I could only imagine having a home here.
While the island is privately owned, we were allowed to go on it which was nice however not all islands are this way. B4Checkout packed their grill to the beach, and we had a cookout.
We would spend the next couple of days enjoying beach time, looking for turtles, snorkeling for lobsters and for me specifically, forgetting about work!
The sunsets were not too shabby either.
