"Next Adventure"

After family left and we waited out a nasty night of weather we ventured on to Hopetown. Certainly not a long sail but one that we needed to time to the rising tide in order to get into the harbor. It did help that we sent Spindrift v.2 ahead of us going in. They draw a little less than us. But have no fear we saw nothing under 7 feet of water. Docking and getting fuel there was an interesting approach. The place is right as you come into the harbor and being that it is not very wide we had to time our turning around with the busy boat traffic. Goodness it was a busy place.
The lighthouse was right next to us and certainly kept our interest. We watched each night as it was lit and started to rotate. It is the last kerosine operated light left. The light keeper climbs the 101 steps to the top to light the burner and get the fresnel lens rotating. Every 2 hours he needs to go back up and lift the weights to keep it turning. How accurate they are with this is questionable. Between all of us there were several times during the night we would look up and note that it was not turning. Maybe there is more of the wrecking/salvage business going on out in the islands than we think. The attraction to Hopetown for us was the lighthouse. The community is quaint and quite "artsy". They do a big tourist business and except for Sunday is was a busy place.
Well--on to the next place today.