It’s been 6 days since we left Toronto – with a smooth flight in first class, no less!
That’s all Aeroplan had available, so we reluctantly accepted it J. That put us first in line at
customs, and a good thing, too, as they made us unpack all of our three huge
duffel bags and a box – boat stuff is always suspicious, for some reason.
For the
past four days we’ve been cleaning the boat from stem to stern (lots of mold
this year) and repairing the toilet, the water pump and the fridge – none of
which were working upon our arrival. A friend helped with the fridge by
applying a piece of tin foil to the disintegrating fuse holder – to be replaced
soon!
Finally, on the day before yesterday, sporting many sand flea bites from the windless hurricane hole, we slipped
our mooring at about 2:00 pm, and motored over to our favourite bar on Stocking
Island for a celebratory beer and Pina Colada. We couldn’t miss a visit with
the sting rays who hang around the conch hut waiting for handouts – one
startled me by rubbing against my leg from behind like a cat! Then we ordered
fresh conch salads to go for dinner, dinghied back to Sea Change, motored
across the Bay to be sheltered from the predicted strong winds, and after three
attempts at anchoring in very shallow water, settled in to watch our first
gorgeous Bahamas sunset of the season, with dinner on deck.
Yesterday we motored into the Exuma Yacht Club and took a slip on the dock to top up our water and provision for the next few days. A Santa Claus visit and great bar-b-que dinner at Club Peace and Plenty ended our day in style, under the Winter solstice full moon (today).
It looks
like we’ll be here in Georgetown for Christmas – with an invitation to a
pot-luck lunch on the beach on Christmas day. Meanwhile, still lots to do
before we set sail for points North!
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