02/08/2010, Anchored at Red Shanks, Great Exuma Island, Exuma, Bahamas
George Town February 10 IV
Monday, February 08, 2010 - 8 AM Anchored at Red Shanks, Great Exuma Island, Exuma, Bahamas Water temperature 77F
We are going to have a one day reprieve from the wind today. We are completely out of fresh veggies and fruit so we will be going to Kidd Cove and launching the dinghy to go shopping. We'll buy what we can from the ladies selling local produce at the Straw Market first and then go to Exuma Market for everything else. Patti will do laundry. I will haul garbage ashore and then take the computer ashore to find someplace where I can buy some time on the Internet. We have not had Internet access for two weeks. It will be a busy day.
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02/07/2010, Anchored at Red Shanks, Great Exuma Island, Exuma, Bahamas
George Town February 10 III
Sunday, February 07, 2010 - 9 AM Anchored at Red Shanks, Great Exuma Island, Exuma, Bahamas Water temperature 77F
The front came through yesterday afternoon as predicted. The highest wind we saw was in the low twenties but some boats only a few miles away had wind in the forties. Luck of the draw. Then we had a couple hours of gentle rain which is rare here in the Bahamas. So, while the east coast is digging out from their blizzard we are sitting here on a clean boat on a cool, sunny Super Bowl Sunday in the Bahamas. It's still windy here so we will just be hanging out on the boat today. I can pick up some Florida AM radio stations on the shortwave radio so maybe I'll listen to the Super Bowl. Of course if there are any costume malfunctions, I'll miss that.
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02/06/2010, Anchored at Red Shanks, Great Exuma Island, Exuma, Bahamas
George Town February 10 II
Saturday, February 06, 2010 - 9 AM Anchored at Red Shanks, Great Exuma Island, Exuma, Bahamas Water temperature 77F
We motored into the wind for an hour and a half yesterday to move from Hamburger Beach to Red Shanks. The wind was blowing 20 K and there was enough wave action that we were getting spray back onto the windshield on the dodger. Once we snaked our way back into the Red Shanks anchorage, the waves disappeared and the water was flat. There were more boats already anchored in Red Shanks then we had seen in the past and there were more coming behind us. We found a good spot, with enough room to swing as the wind clocked around, and dropped the anchor. Patti backed her down hard to make sure the hook was set and we called it good.
The wind kept blowing 15 to 20 K at the top of the mast all afternoon. But, down at the water level where we live, it was a nice sunny warm day. We are close to shore and the low hills surrounding us block the wind enough to make a difference.
All day long boats kept making their way back to Red Shanks. Some of the boats had to re-anchor several times before they were secured with adequate room to swing. Late this afternoon when the wind shifts to the NW and picks up to 25 K will be the test to see if everybody's anchor holds and if they allowed enough room to swing. The rule is the first boat anchored has the right of way. If two boats are in danger of hitting at anchor, the last boat to anchor is the one that has to move. Of course if the problem is caused by one of the boats dragging anchor; that boat will have to correct the situation. We were glad that we got to Red Shanks early yesterday and had a better choice of locations to anchor; the early bird gets the worm and all that stuff.
We'll be hanging out here until at least Monday when we should have one quiet day.
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