Still in Pipe Creek
23 January 2016 | Pipe Creek near Rat Cay and the Mice
SKP/windy
January 19. A wind day and all 3 dinghies stayed with their mommy ship all day. Lighter winds tomorrow, so will take trash to Staniel, grocery shop, try the BTC office for more iPad data, get some fuel, and eat at the Staniel Cay Yacht Club. Sound impressive? Photo to follow.
January 20. We dinghies to Staniel Cay and went directly to Isles General Store where we disposed of trash and replaced some non-perishables then went to the Yacht Club. Bought fuel for the dinghies then walked up the hill to the Bahama Telephone Company so we could read the sign on the door that they were at Black Point and would be back at 2:00pm. Darn, now we will have to go to the Club and sip Rum Coolers until the ladies return from the Pink or Blue stores with their treasures. That didn't take long so the six of us went in for a nice meal. After lunch we walked back to Batelco and did what we could to keep our data lines operational. Wheeee! We then made the trip back to the boats, 6.89 miles, and settled in for the evening. All in all a good day. High winds again Saturday so decided to stay tucked in at Pipe Creek.
January 21. A reasonable day so the six of us decided to walk the Sound side beach. Gratitude and Living Well made it over to the shore but Sanity II was back at their boat, obviously with dinghy motor issues. Van and I went out and shuttled them to shore and we had a very interesting stroll. Van found a number of Critons, which were not identified until later, and numerous shells and pieces of sea glass were collected. We returned to the boats and did some troubleshooting on Daves motor. Restriction in the fuel filter. Cleared the problem and motor ran fine. Afternoon tasks and snores and then off to Sanity II for happy hour, shrimp linguine, pineapple rum right side up cake, and a rousing game of 31. Back to the boats for a windy night with more predicted tomorrow and Saturday.
Jan 22. Preparations for strong winds tonight and tomorrow. Winds were moderately strong over the night and a bit too breezy today to go float about in the dinghy so we stayed aboard. Mary Ann read and I pottered around with trivial stuff, sorting nuts and bolts, etc. eye splicing both ends of a new dinghy line, playing free cell and sudoku, and pacing. We watched an old Boston Legal episode and retired. Whew, wore me out.
Jan 23, the wind made its West swing over night and is now settling to NW at 25, gusting 35. None of the predicted 50-60 mph squalls developed near us. Tomorrow marks the start of a couple days of settled weather so we will be moving to Black Point for pizza, laundry, and some supplies before moving on to Georgetown. Weather will dictate if we push South to the Raggeds and Jumentos but the probability is diminishing. Working on a sound blanket for the generator and some undetermined piddly tasks for today.