16 May 2012

Great Guana Cay

1000

Headed in to the beach at Grabbers again for breakfast at Bambi’s.  It is a new restaurant, open only since February.  It was an okay American breakfast, but good for the Bahamas so far, but at $24.00 plus tip, we should have eaten breakfast on the boat.  We walked to the grocery store from there and bought some bread and “Sour”.  Sour is made from a local orange here in the Bahamas, and is used to marinate fish and chicken.  It is also used in local conch salad, so we are looking forward to using it.

POWMIA, Last Dance, and Fair Haven headed for Marsh Harbor at 1000. It is 1030 right now, and POWMIA just reported a waterspout off her port bow.  It hit the beach and was over land almost immediately.  Hmmmm.  The weather report for the Bahamas and east coast for the next few weeks is pretty lousy.  Squalls all up and down.  We heard from our friends Rhumb Line on Chris Parker Weather this morning and it looks like they are heading back across the Great Bahama Shoals for Bimini and heading up the coast to Georgia.  We are heading for Treasure Cay today with Flynnigans Wake, and will meet up with the others at Marsh Harbor probably on Thursday.  The weather will be interesting for the next few weeks.

Our question now will be when to cross Northeast Providence Channel to Spanish Wells.  Should be interesting.  Need to start talking with locals over the next week.

1600

Just arrived in Treasure Cay!   

Damn the rain is falling!!!  Tied the boat in the POURING RAIN.  Walked to the Marina office in the POURING RAIN. Used a towel to keep the electrical connections dry in the POURING RAIN.  Got the air conditioning running.  The full enclosure was so fogged up, I opened one small part of the side flap and yelled in that I was back, and Renne’ answered I’m right here – 1 foot away.  Couldn’t see her through the fogged panels!!

Gotta check the genset tonight.  It is smoking white smoke through the exhaust.  Have to figure what in the world that is.  Only 155.3 hours on it.  Doggone!!

Otherwise we are here, secure, on the internet, waiting for the local bar to open, and having a great time.  Wish you all were with us.  There is nothing we would rather be doing than what we are doing right now.  Everything else seems pretty mundane!

So, we expect you at the bar for Sundowners tonight.  We will reserve a couple of stools for you.  We look forward to seeing you.

JonNe’