The Good Life in Treasure Cay

We finally cut the cord (released the mooring) in Hopetown yesterday and had a very nice sail to Treasure Cay. Even though the wind was from the wrong direction and velocity as forecast by both Chris and Weather Underground -- we had a nice ride. There were about 20 boats here but we found a spot near the main channel to anchor in. We are closest to the marina and expect a good WiFi signal from there.

Spent the afternoon wandering the village and going to the grocery store (foraging for food). Fixed burgers on the grill and had a nice evening although very warm. Not a breath of air was moving all night. The boat temp was between 79 and 76 degrees.

This morning we had a light rain as a cold front passed and then the wind picked up to the teens. It has been cloudy and windy all day. We went to the village this morning for the annual book fair at the Library and found that there was a full blown farmers market going on too. Pandemonium but lots of fun.

The book fair was great. This Library serves a very wealthy community and they have lots of great books and mostly hard backs. We bought about 15 books. One was a gilded hardback of all of Edgar Allen Poe's works. I've read most years ago but the book was just beautiful -- not one for the cruisers book exchange later.

At the MArket I found Kirk the Conch Man -- His banner says the "Da best Conch Man". He made up a big batch right in front of us. I got to watch his assistant pull the fresh conchs from the shells and clean them -- there was more to that than I thought.

They were going to serve barbecued chicken later. We decided to come back later and buy some for dinner -- well that didn't work out. We were back at 12:15pm and the chicken barbecue was sold out!! Got to remember in the Bahamas if you see something you want buy it now because later it will most likely be gone.

We bought some fresh chicken at the grocery and some of Sweet Baby Rays sauce to fix on the boat tonight but it is now too windy for the grill -- hopefully tomorrow.

It's quite blustery here today and forecast for tonight but the holding is good and the fetch is short so a good place to weather a blow -- and dream of barbecue chicken.

The Dragon Returns

We are back in Hopetown. Had a great time at Mangoes in Marsh Harbour, made a couple of Conch Horns while there and finally learned how to blow one. I gave the extra shell to Vickie on Victoria Gaye. We both had a great time blowing horns with the rest of the cruisers on the dock there in the evenings.

The weather has really improved. Still plenty of wind which makes the outside anchorages bouncy but nice and calm here in Hopetown. When we arrived Monday there was only a double blue float mooring available. We took it and waited for someone to collect -- didn't know who had the blue ones. Well today the Hopetown Inn and Marina shuttle (pontoon boat) stops by and I'm wondering why he is so close -- well the mooring belongs to the marina and he was here to collect. Mystery solved.

Yesterday was a great kite flying day so I took the 30 foot Dragon out and the Tristar and went to the beach. This time I kept the kites from sailing over the sand dunes and they were both quite behaved. The Dragon looked great up against the clear Blue sky yesterday. Today I'll take the rotating kite over there.

Tomorrow we expect to take the big boat to Tahiti Beach and anchor off. Got to fly kites there and tomorrow night we should be able to take the dinghy over to Lubbers Quarter and Cracker P's for the full moon party. Never been to one before so looking forward to that.

Should be a great day at Tahiti beach with low tide at 2:21pm tomorrow and maybe we can find some sand dollars.