Gosh one day just runs into another here in HopeTown. We are taking it pretty easy with few boat chores. The toughest was today -- laundry and I hauled 48 gallons of water from the Marina. That little fresh water pump assembly I built last winter is working great. I can pump the water from the Jerry cans in the dinghy directly into the water tank. No lifting and pouring. Very important after I pulled that muscle in my back back in December hoisting these 50lb water jugs.
The best entertainment is watching all the boats coming through here each day looking for a mooring. There are only about 3 a day right now that turn over. Many are reserved and it is frustrating to see an open mooring then a reserve bottle on it. Tempers are a little short here right now.
The water has warmed to near 80 degrees now so I'm swimming every day right now. Boy that ocean water fills good. I've been flying the dragon kite too. Looks great with the wind going out to sea. I usually launch it from the top of the dune near the memorial Cholera Cemetery. It looks great in the sky with that 30 foot Dragon tail and smiling face and streaming earnings.
Oh did I say it is hitting 80 degrees each day right now with temps in the low to mid 70s at night. I haven't slept with a cover in a month now.
Well time to go for that afternoon swim now.
Ohhh Jack's Bingo was a bust for us. No winners here Monday night however a good time was had by all.
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Monday, March 23, 2015
Lynyard Cay -- FINALLY!
The weather forecast finally had some nice mild days for a visit to Lynyard Cay. Unfortunately from up in Treasure Cay that is a long run of about 30+ miles. We left early from Treasure in no wind. Had a nice motor ride to Point Set Rock then turned towards Boat Harbour and had a night wind to sail by. Once we turned south the wind was on the nose and piping up. About 7 miles out from Lynyard a rain squall appeared overhead -- just built there -- and covered us all the way to Lynyard -- I had to anchor in a driving rain. In fact we had to navigate the trickiest parts of the trip around the North Bar Channel and Sandy Cay in limited visibility -- Ol GPS did not let me down.
At Lynyard the wind was strong out of the SW which was not forecast. It wasn't too bad but bouncy for putting the engine on the dinghy so we didn't. We had a nice late afternoon and watched all the boats coming up from Elutheria coming to the Abacos. We counted some 14 boats... That is a lot and they did not have an easy passage judging by how many had poorly wrapped Genoas and one with having a reverse wrap on part of the sail.
Nice evening and the next day Victoria Gaye joined us. Hi Flite with Dale and Cory were there too and we all took our dinghies to Pete's Pub for lunch. It is a 2 mile run from the anchorage and best done in the company of other dinghies because if your engine quits you could be swept out the cut into the ocean. Lunch was fine. I had the Lemon Pepper Trigger fish -- great. After lunch we retuned to the boats and then we had a nice day beach combing and sea glass hunting. Karen got quite a cache of Sea Glass.
Early the next morning we left to catch the high tide into HopeTown and possibly pickup a mooring. They have been tough to come by with so many boats passing through right now. We were lucky. We saw two shortly after entering and took one near Jack's. It was actually a Jack's Mooring - nicely maintained. I checked in today and found that his weekly rate of $105 was far better than the others at $120. With the current forecast of squalls through Thursday and a possible Cold Front Saturday I took a week. This is a real nice safe harbour.
After lunch it was to the beach for me to swim. Ahh the water was very cool but nice. I picked a clear bottom area to be alert for sharks.
Back on the boat to rest and watch the parade of boats coming through looking for moorings. Very frustrating since there are about 5 that look free but are reserved. Most boats had to leave but a few got lucky.
Nice evening and a great spaghetti dinner. Got to watch them light the lighthouse -- yellow kerosene flame. I never get tired of that.
Today just some mild chores on the boat, took a bunch of books back to the temporary HopeTown library. Had a great lunch of BLTs.. Boy they taste great on the boat. After lunch back to the beach to fly my 30 foot Dragon Kite. Boy it looks good in the sky.
Well we are here in HopeTown on a Monday night so what to do ?? Let me think?? Why JAck's BINGO of course.
Wish us luck.
At Lynyard the wind was strong out of the SW which was not forecast. It wasn't too bad but bouncy for putting the engine on the dinghy so we didn't. We had a nice late afternoon and watched all the boats coming up from Elutheria coming to the Abacos. We counted some 14 boats... That is a lot and they did not have an easy passage judging by how many had poorly wrapped Genoas and one with having a reverse wrap on part of the sail.
Nice evening and the next day Victoria Gaye joined us. Hi Flite with Dale and Cory were there too and we all took our dinghies to Pete's Pub for lunch. It is a 2 mile run from the anchorage and best done in the company of other dinghies because if your engine quits you could be swept out the cut into the ocean. Lunch was fine. I had the Lemon Pepper Trigger fish -- great. After lunch we retuned to the boats and then we had a nice day beach combing and sea glass hunting. Karen got quite a cache of Sea Glass.
Early the next morning we left to catch the high tide into HopeTown and possibly pickup a mooring. They have been tough to come by with so many boats passing through right now. We were lucky. We saw two shortly after entering and took one near Jack's. It was actually a Jack's Mooring - nicely maintained. I checked in today and found that his weekly rate of $105 was far better than the others at $120. With the current forecast of squalls through Thursday and a possible Cold Front Saturday I took a week. This is a real nice safe harbour.
After lunch it was to the beach for me to swim. Ahh the water was very cool but nice. I picked a clear bottom area to be alert for sharks.
Back on the boat to rest and watch the parade of boats coming through looking for moorings. Very frustrating since there are about 5 that look free but are reserved. Most boats had to leave but a few got lucky.
Nice evening and a great spaghetti dinner. Got to watch them light the lighthouse -- yellow kerosene flame. I never get tired of that.
Today just some mild chores on the boat, took a bunch of books back to the temporary HopeTown library. Had a great lunch of BLTs.. Boy they taste great on the boat. After lunch back to the beach to fly my 30 foot Dragon Kite. Boy it looks good in the sky.
Well we are here in HopeTown on a Monday night so what to do ?? Let me think?? Why JAck's BINGO of course.
Wish us luck.
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