We enjoyed a farewell dinner at Mangos in Marsh Harbor which was their special of the night, stone crabs and plantain crusted grouper with roasted pumpkin. Excellent! Somehow Owen managed to cut his thumb open on one of the stone crab shells and had everyone at the restaurant running around looking for a band aid.

We arrived at Green Turtle Cay on Wednesday, June 20 after spending a couple of days at Marsh Harbor preparing and provisioning the boat for our trip back home. John checked and double checked everything on the boat, the guys changed the oil and transmission fluid and I prepared a couple of salads to enjoy during the trip if anyone felt like eating.

We are scheduled to depart on Thursday, June 21 arriving somewhere in South Carolina on Saturday, June 23. We spent the first night in Green Turtle Cay anchored off New Plymouth Settlement. During the day we went ashore to find a bar that John had visited during his first trip to the island back in the 80's called "Blue Bee Bar". We were surprised and happy to see that the bar was still there and in operation.



We had a lovely walk through town while trying to find the bar admiring the beautiful homes with a quick stop at the memorial garden.





We finished the tour at Sundowners for cocktails while the guys played pool.

The last night before leaving the Bahamas we got a slip at The Bluff House in White Sound, Green Turtle Cay. The marina was nice and the people were friendly but the marina could use a few upgrades to the showers and slips. I guess it really didn't matter as we had too many last minute boat chores to do before we could all relax and enjoy the amenities at the marina.



The marina was running a special deal for boaters where all restaurant charges would be applied as a credit to the slip charges during the stay. Nice, so the guys made sure the dinner bill would run about the same amount as the bill for the slip. After dinner John tried to negotiate a better deal with one of the owners that if he could get the cork out of the wine bottle without breaking the bottle or using any thing other than a napkin that the stay would be free. The owner was impressed when John got the cork out but sadly no relief on the bill.

Before leaving John met with our boat buddy, Alex, his wife and a couple that joined them as crew for the first time to discuss the crossing. Yes, we have a boat buddy for the crossing which will be nice and they're on a 49' Beneteau as well named Restless. The weather looked good with favorable winds so the plan was to try to make it to Beaufort, SC but we would have to wait and see what the conditions would be like before making a final decision.