That's right -- enough of this cruising thing we went on vacation today!
We were going to the Harbour View Fuel dock for water and fuel and I was thinking the water alone was going to be $35. Our mooring lease in Hopetown expires today and I didn't really want to go back there just yet. Orchid BAy Marina has a 50 cent per foot till end of February -- through this Sunday so why not go there and pay that and get free water there and stay through Sunday. Well all they have on Great Guana Cay is the beach bar Nippers and a great beach to walk -- not much for 5 days. Victoria Gaye -- Buck and Vickie went to Mangoes Marina yesterday for a few days and they just raved about it and it was just 90 cents a foot.
So we decided to go into Mangoes till Sunday and enjoy Marsh Harbour and work like dogs to clean the boat.
Well after getting in and tied up this morning around 10:30am we checked in at the office back then back on the boat tried to decide where to begin the long overdue chores -- we haven't been tied to a marina since December 26!!
Sitting there I couldn't decide where to start and it felt so good to just sit and not worry about battery management with Solar, and wind, and the gen set.. no worry about anchor dragging, no worry about too close boats picking up moorings it felt like it did when we would go on a weeks summer vacation back home. Thus we decided today we are on VACATION -- and did absolutely nothing but enjoy a beautiful sunny 79 degree day in the Abacos. I hope to keep this up for few days..
My Rocna anchor got put to a test yesterday. It bit in as usual and w set it normally. Today when I picked it up it came right up! Usually we need the engine to force it out. After bringing it up I found a large rag wrapped around the tip of the anchor. WOW that could have been bad but the ol Rocna handled it well.
Well to continue the vacation theme tonight it is a lobster dinner prepared on the boat of course -- what you think I'm made of money!
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