So the moorings at Spanish are right on the channal and the ferrys and supply ship runs right past. Even so, great view and wonderful place to hold up for a few days. Interestingly Sherry/Jason thought we had set them up again as it turned out that Spanish Wells is a dry Cay and had a flashback to last year at Man o War Cay!
We lucked in when we arrived as John on Moon guarded one of the moorings for us, as three trawlers tried to grab it. As well, Bandit (guide and mooring owner) pushed them away as we had reserved it.
Spanish is a great place to resupply, good to walk, bike, kyack, and many other things. Some good places to eat, and though a bit of a dingy ride, Eleuthera has a booze store.
Wifi was a bit of a stretch, but we discovered that most of the churches had wifi for cruisers!
We were there during the hieght of their election and marvelled at the energy involved. Masses of people wearing their party's T shirt were apparent with highly decorated golf carts every where. Each party had a big ralley on Eleuthera, and so the local ferry boat had a busy week ferrying cars and eager party members to and from.
After a couple of days Sherry and Jason had to leave. This time they travelled in style, taking the high speed ferry which runs daily between Nassau and Harbour Town on Eleuthera. Having their fill of conch and seafood they got their sunburned bodies back to the land of winter.
We stuck around for a few days, enjoying the quiet atmosphere and casual pace of Spanish Wells.
Picking a good weather window and contracting Bandit as a guide we threaded our way through the reefs to push North to the Abacos.