A view from Hope Town
15 April 2008 | Hope Town, Elbow Cay, Abacos
Mike
April 14th...
After breakfast I worked on the dinghy...for the first time in a about 6 weeks. Yesterday I noticed that the fabric that the attaches the transom was coming unglued on one side. I cleaned everything, applied some glue, and then used duct tape to hold things in place.
The next project was to empty out the lazerette in search of a rattle at low rpms that we have heard lately. It ended up being the exhaust pipe on the hull. The problem was easily fixed but putting everything back took a long time. However, I will need to check out the motor mounts to make sure that nothing is loose.
We stopped by "Fine Lion" to get the lay of the land and then went to shore.
Hope Town harbor is about � mile in diameter. There is no room to anchor because of all the mooring balls. The town is old... some of the homes are circa 1850's. Like most of the Abacos, the building are painted in pastels and right now, flowers are blooming everywhere. In the old part of town the roads are wide enough for a golf carts with paved paths that are even narrower. There are lots of cottages so the area is busier that some of the towns here.
We wandered around and had a nice walk before stopping at "Captain Jacks" for a light lunch.
What was left of the afternoon was spent reading in the cockpit watching the boats come and go.