Sunday, January 26

Addendum

We forgot to put something important in Blog #5. You may recall that we anchored that night by Tilloo Cay and enjoyed the rising of the full moon. That same day and evening we took our first shower since leaving Hope Town on Thursday. We had showered at the Hope Town Marina before taking off on our adventure.

This time we made use of the Sun Shower, a five gallon, solar heated item. Stephen did his showering in the afternoon and reported that the water was warm and wonderful. Franci waited until dusk so she could feel comfortable showering “in the buff” as she is accustomed to doing. The water was no longer warm, but it was refreshing just the same. Five gallons was plenty of water for two showers. We enjoyed our showers immensely.

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Sat. Jan. 26, 2013

We left Little Harbour this morning at 8 a.m. heading north back towards Hope Town. The winds have been SSE at 5 – 10 mph. We had a beautiful 3 hour sail. Since winds were light, we were able to gybe easily and made great time. We are loving the Maine Cat 30. It's a marvelous boat and will be a wonderful lake boat as well. Once again, Franci was at the helm and Stephen worked the lines. It's a fun boat to sail.

We are currently anchored on the southern tip of Tilloo Cay, south of Elbow Cay where Hope Town is located. We had delicious leftover steak sandwiches for lunch and Stephen is fishing. We have all afternoon to try several different fishing spots.

A boat just pulled up and the folks on board handed us a mackerel to have for dinner. They had a dolphin fish (mahi mahi) that they also had caught and were going to have for their dinner. Life is good here.

That evening we anchored at Tilloo Cay. It was full moon night and we enjoyed the sunset and moonrise immensely.

Sweet dreams!

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Thursday we finally left Hope Town and set sails heading south. The wind was directly behind us and we did a lot of “tacking” and “chicken gybes” for those of you who understand sailing lingo. We thoroughly enjoyed our day's sail, but were really ready to stop by late afternoon. We anchored in a secluded area with a lovely beach nearby. Stephen tried fishing but it was too windy. No luck. Good thing we already had fish in the refrigerator.

For dinner Stephen cooked us fried mahi mahi with green beans and yellow rice. Once again, YUM!

It was a beautiful evening with a full moon almost here. The sunrise was equally beautiful. We were both thrilled that our IPad anchor alarm worked great even though we never had any actual problems. If ever our anchor were not holding properly, the alarm would wake us up…..a good thing to know.

Friday we motored a short distance to Little Harbour, an artist community where we decided to spend the day since rain was in the forecast. It never really rained but we had a marvelous day at Little Harbour.

We ate lunch at Pete's Pub. I had a hamburger with blue cheese and Stephen had a blackened snapper burger. Both were served with rice 'n peas and mangle cole slaw. They provided a sterno cup which kept the flies away from our food, a new concept for us. The food was delicious and we enjoyed meeting other folks, locals as well as tourists like ourselves. Stephen especially liked the barbecue hut which they use for special occasions.

Inside is the big pit they use to roast a pig and a huge pot they use for bisque.

After lunch we visited the gallery. As I mentioned before, this is an artist community. They do lots of sculpture here.

There was plenty of other art as well. Stephen especially liked the picture of the Bahamian women.

It was a gift shop as well and Franci bought things for herself and others. The clerk was a musician like ourselves and we had fun visiting. We thoroughly enjoyed our day in Little Harbour.

By mid afternoon we returned to the boat where we have had time to catch up on our blogging. We were able to get a good wi fi connection here.

Tomorrow we set sails again heading back to the north. We are enjoying our visit to the Abacos.

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Thursday we finally left Hope Town and set sails heading south. The wind was directly behind us and we did a lot of “tacking” and “chicken gybes” for those of you who understand sailing lingo. We thoroughly enjoyed our day's sail, but were really ready to stop by late afternoon. We anchored in a secluded area with a lovely beach nearby. Stephen tried fishing but it was too windy. No luck. Good thing we already had fish in the refrigerator.

For dinner Stephen cooked us fried mahi mahi with green beans and yellow rice. Once again, YUM!

It was a beautiful evening with a full moon almost here. The sunrise was equally beautiful. We were both thrilled that our IPad anchor alarm worked great even though we never had any actual problems. If ever our anchor were not holding properly, the alarm would wake us up…..a good thing to know.

Friday we motored a short distance to Little Harbour, an artist community where we decided to spend the day since rain was in the forecast. It never really rained but we had a marvelous day at Little Harbour.

We ate lunch at Pete's Pub. I had a hamburger with blue cheese and Stephen had a blackened snapper burger. Both were served with rice 'n peas and mangle cole slaw. They provided a sterno cup which kept the flies away from our food, a new concept for us. The food was delicious and we enjoyed meeting other folks, locals as well as tourists like ourselves. Stephen especially liked the barbecue hut which they use for special occasions.

Inside is the big pit they use to roast a pig and a huge pot they use for bisque.

After lunch we visited the gallery. As I mentioned before, this is an artist community. They do lots of sculpture here.

There was plenty of other art as well. Stephen especially liked the picture of the Bahamian women.

It was a gift shop as well and Franci bought things for herself and others. The clerk was a musician like ourselves and we had fun visiting. We thoroughly enjoyed our day in Little Harbour.

By mid afternoon we returned to the boat where we have had time to catch up on our blogging. We were able to get a good wi fi connection here.

Tomorrow we set sails again heading back to the north. We are enjoying our visit to the Abacos.

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