Feb. 15..

This morning I helped Jim and Beth for a while troubleshooting a charging problem and then we spliced a junction into their new SSB antenna. Having finished a little "work" Kathy and I decided to head south to the Black Point Settlement about 10 miles south to do some laundry. There isn't much in Black Point, but their laundromat is nice and it is a quaint, very Bahamian town. We again had a nice sail in 12 knots racing a big catamaran and a big Hunter. We actually went into the wind better than both and held our own for the morning. We needed hot water and motored the last 3 miles... forfeiting the race, but had a great time tacking with them.

After anchoring, we loaded up some dirty clothes and some garbage and took off for the laundry. Garbage gets to be a problem in some places. In the Exuma Park you must pack it in and take it out. Some places charge you to take your trash, but Black Point has trash bins you can use for free. We had to wait about 45 minutes for the owner to get back for her mid day shower to sell us some tokens, but once started, we made good time and at least have some clean clothes to wear back to the Laundromat tomorrow for the real deal.

While things were in the dryer, we wandered down to the store which was similar to the one we were in yesterday. We'll probably go back tomorrow to pick up a few things like crackers and a few more vegetables. We are also planning to go out to eat at Lorraine's tomorrow... you make reservations and place your order via VHF in the morning.

We have one more stop before heading out in the Sound for our sail down to Great Exuma.