Another fine day in Green Turtle Cay (GTC). The weather forecast has stiff winds of 20+ coming most of the week. We decided to stay another day at GTC. We could have left but I had to make the decision by 8am because of the tide and I was not comfortable leaving just yet. Later in the day I was but then I would need to wait until 5pm before leaving tonight --- so we should leave tomorrow unless there is a drastic change in the forecast.
Several boats did leave this morning with plans to cross on Wednesday back to the US but with a 7 foot northerly swell and 15 kt SE winds (opposing) – we will stay put a bit longer.
This morning I topped off the dinghy fuel tank – we burn a lot here at GTC with that long ride to town and we did some grocery and souvenir shopping this morning. I had it in the back of my mind to do laundry but since it seems we will need to be back here by Saturday for a cold front – we will do it later.
Low tide didn’t come till 1pm today so we went over to Black Sound by dinghy and docked at the pseudo public dock and walked down to Gilliam Bay to hunt shells. It was beautiful but quite windy. We had a very long but enjoyable walk and found a few shells. Mostly we found Frenchies!! You can spot them a mile away – 50 something and they wear very compact Speedos for men and European cut bikinis for women. Karen would not look.
We walked the beach for a couple of hours and got plumb wore out. Back on the boat by 4pm and time to veg out till I cook some burgers on the grill tonight. Time to get back to simple fare.
We did go to the Green Turtle Club restaurant for dinner last night and it was great. But my simple tastes do not allow me to comfortably digest these fancy sauces they use so I had an uncomfortable night sleeping – that and the wind blew pretty hard again last night.
Tonight the wind should be milder but still fresh – near 20kts. Great for the wind generator but bothersome to those who have to listen to all the creaks in the boat.
Born to Cruise left this morning for Manjack Cay and we expect to join them tomorrow morning for a few days before darting back into here.
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