02/18/2007, Elizabeth Harbour
Hello from Georgetown. We have enjoyed the convenience of being at the dock in Georgetown for over a week, but after the front blows through tomorrow we will move across the harbour and anchor off Stocking Island. We will no longer have to dingy across the harbour to get to Volleyball beach where we hang out most afternoons. However we will lose our access to the WIFI from the chicken coop here in town, and don't know when we will update next. We will not miss the dueling roosters that wake us up each morning at about 4:00 a.m.
Madison has made lots of friends and we are all enjoying the people we have met. We miss our friends and family at home and look forward to seeing you all in a couple of months.
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02/14/2007, Georgetown, Great Exuma
After a wonderful visit to Black Point Settlement we sailed down to Little Farmers Cay last Thursday, February 8. We hiked to the cave on Great Guana Cay, then enjoyed happy hour at the Farmers Cay Yacht Club with Bill and Cathy from s.v. Pelican--free conch fritters and half price Kalik! Friday we sailed from Little Farmers to Elizabeth Harbour in calm seas and light winds. We traveled with friends on the Pelican and the Manana II. Pelican caught a nice wahoo and shared it for dinner--our first locally caught fish, and it was wonderful! It was about a six hour sail. We are still exploring Georgetown and love the area. Hope to update again soon!
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02/06/2007, Black Point, Great Guana Cay, Exumas
Saturday, February 3, we crusied down to Blackpoint Settlement of Grat Guana Cay. Thsi is a wonderful anchorage, the harbor has good holding and is protected from all drections except the West. Saturday we visited town, and found a place that has beer, internet, a pool table, and allows dogs inside!
Sunday Madison and I attended one of the three churches on the island, St. Lukes Baptist Union, where the participants were few but fervent.
Sunday evening we went to a Superbowl party at Lorraines Cafe, with a very friendly crowd of 30 or more cruisers. Good food and a fun time, tho we left at half time, having arrived before 4!
Manana, the boat with a nice family from Canada and a daughter Madison's age (and a 9 year old), who we met at Staniels, is here as well. Monday the girls attended the local school--quite an experience! We got laundry done and got David a haircut, both at the "laundermat", and we should have returned to the boat an hour earlier. The front came in and the winds picked up and on the dinghy ride back it was as if someone was throwing buckets of water at us! We got soaked, but the laundry stayed (mostly) dry.
The big winds movedin later--sustained at 20-25, gusting 30-35, the holding is good, though, and there are only 20 or so boats in the harbor, so it is not too crowded. We got some sleep, but kept checking the anchor to be sure we were not dragging. (We didn't!).
The winds are still pretty brisk, but the sun is out. We like Blackpoint a lot, and will be here at least a few more days!
Hope everyone is well! Miss you all!
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