The Edgewater wears a console from a 15-footer, lowering the skiff's profile so Moon River's foredeck looks less busy when viewed from the side. At the anchorage, we noticed some activity aboard a pair of rusty shrimp boats and hustled over in the Egret to buy a few pounds for appetizers before our dinner of grilled lamb chops, avocado salad and merlot. The mountains change from brown to green and the sky from red to pink to blue in a matter of minutes depending upon the location of the sun. Hardware tells a story about a boat, and aboard the Nordhavn 62 it reads like a novel. Wide hawse- pipes, tall bollards, dual hydraulic windlasses and multiple electrical junctions make the boat feel at home at the dock or under way.
Moon River has a four-stateroom layout, and other plans are offered.
As the sun rises, the rocky hills in the cove turn from brown to purple to red to orange, all in less than a minute. A school of bottlenose dolphin carved up schools of forage for breakfast, and I looked forward to fishing with Sammy and the captain later that day. A month or more in the Bahamas with Moon River would permit unlimited exploring and fishing around the Out Islands. The owner could fly in, meet his skipper and skiff, and hustle back to the mothership to bonefish from the Egret. If marlin or wahoo were the quarry, the Edgewater could go into action.