Sunday, April 19,
2015. Lisa and deb (Outbound) went
shopping. Kachina and Majestic Phoenix
departed this morning. Hopefully, we
will see them again. We then went to the beach.
Outbound and October Moon are already there. The beach here is beautiful and there are
only a few people. Fran (October Moon)
gets knocked down in the surf and lost her prescription sunglasses. We had a bunch of people looking for them to
no avail. Lisa met two people (Cindy and Jean) vacationing here from Ohio, who
are crafters and are on the beach looking for sea glass and other materials to
make jewelry. They have been coming here
for 17 years and have rented a house.
Dinner was at the Harbor’s Edge Restaurant. It was the most expensive restaurant we have
eaten in here and the food was OK. I had
wings and a Caesar salad and wings. Small salad and the wings are the
smallest I have ever seen. Lisa had
nachos. While they were tasty, it was
the smallest portion I have ever seen.
Mike and Fran said they had only been there for lunch and the prices
were more reasonable and the portions larger.
They did have live music and the view is great.
When we got ready to leave, Lisa met with Cindy and Vicki and
they were going to out boat to view each others handy work. Lisa made a necklace out of sea glass and
seizing wire this afternoon that came out great. When they got to the dingy, it was stuck
under the dock (tide came in). Mike and Fran’s was stuck also. Steve went over and freed the dingy for the
girls. Later, he gave me a ride back to
Rhiannon.
Nice evening all around.
Monday, April 20,
2015. We are off the mooring at 9:30 and head to the Lighthouse Marina fuel
dock. We had called ahead and the
attendant said it was empty, so off we went.
Just as we got there one of the big charter catamarans tried to cut in
front of us onto the dock. He was
yelling that he needed water. The
attendant told him he would have to wait his turn and the catamaran motored off
not to be seen again. We filled with fuel, water and ice and are off the dock
at 10am. It is partlyt cloudy and 85
degrees. The wind is S to SW at
15+. We were heading over to Great
Guana, but everything we read says don’t go there if the wind is South or
Southwest (no protection). We opt for
Treasure Cay with much better protection.
1:30pm, we pick up a mooring at Treasure Cay. It is development with golf, condos, houses,
timeshares, and a great beach. It looks
more like something you would see in Florida, as opposed to what we have seen
so far in the Bahamas. Outbound arrives
a few minutes after we do. Shine (Scott
and Lynn) are here! We traveled from
Atlantic Highlands (Sandy Hook) to North Carolina with them in the fall of
2012. They stopped in New Bern, NC and
bought a condo. They come by the boat to
say hello. Great to see them again!
18NM, 21.4SM today.
26°40.26’N 77°16.93’W
Jim and Judy Foster called and they are going to come
for a visit. We traveled with them our
first year heading south (Tug-a-Long).
Last year they came for a visit in Marathon. They will fly into Marsh Harbor on Saturday.
Tuesday, April
21, 2015. Wind out of the SW, 85 degrees, very humid, looks like rain. We walked over to the beach and met up with
Scott and Lynn and had a late lunch.
Afterward, we are back at the boat for the rain and are trying to find
some boat insurance that will allow us to leave the boat in Florida at a
reasonable price. A catamaran comes in
with 19 people on boat – 4 adults and 15 scouts. They are sailing for a week. Neat experience for them. They are all from the Boston area. Dinner
with Outbound at Tipsy’s (the bar at the pool).
Pizza and burgers. Food was OK.
We gave Steve and Deb a ride in as they are having fuel line issues with the
outboard on their dingy. Another spare
to add to the list (hose from the tank to the outboard). Still overcast and
looking like rain. Wind has died
completely. Rain overnight.
Wednesday,
April 22, 2015. Outbound left for
Green Turtle today. October Moon is
leaving from Hopetown for Green Turtle.
We heard from Tintean, who we traveled with north last year and they are
in Green Turtle. Popular place. Lisa and I went shelling this morning and got
quite a nice collection of small sand dollars and some other shells suitable
for making jewelry. We had dinner at
Coco’s on the beach and when we left we forgot the shells. When Lisa went back to get them, they were
gone. Could not have been 5 minutes.
At 6pm, low tide, we took the dingy up the creek and
then walked over to the beach and looked for more shells. Found quite a few sand dollars and
others. There was also a guy throwing
food to flying seagulls, hundreds came! Dinner on board and rain again over
night.
Thursday,
April 23, 2015. 10am, we drop the mooring at head for Marsh Harbor, PC 80
degrees, wind NE @ 10. 1pm, our
macerator for the rear holding tank is not working. This is the unit that grinds up the waste and
pumps it over board when we are at sea.
1:30pm we are on the dock at Harbor View Marina in Marsh Harbor.
After checking out the macerator pump, one of the
screws that holds the pump to the motor is sheared off. It either happened when the yard in Canada
installed the pump or came from the factor that way. It is also leaking. I was able to tighten up the other three
screws and the pump seems to work. I
will call Jim Foster and have him add a new pump to the list of spares he is
bringing on Saturday.
We went to Snappa’s for dinner. Lisa had fish and I had a chicken kabob. Both good.
After dinner we took a walk to see a bit of the town. Not a lot close by the marina (other than
restaurants and marinas), but we did find a place to buy ice cream!
Friday, April
24, 2015. Today Lisa spent the day cleaning the interior of the boat and
re-storing items that we had taken out, but could be stored so there will be
more room when our guests arrive tomorrow.
I went on errands – walked to the hardware store – there are three large
ones here, the bank, the liquor store and the grocery (Maxwell’s – it is the
largest and best stocked we have seen since coming to the Bahamas). Took a cab
back to the marina.
Marsh Harbor is a city and there are lots of cars and
traffic. It is the largest place we have
been in the Bahamas (we by-passed Nassau). There is one main road where
everything is located and would remind you a bit of Marathon.
Saturday,
April 25, 2015. This morning we gave the boat a bath and filled the water
tanks. Jim and Judy Foster arrive this
afternoon and then we will head over to Great Guana.
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