Once the weather moderated we decided to run over to marsh harbour for some provisioning and to treat the house batteries to an Equalization cycle. The batteries have been charging but not deeply.
We went to mangoes marina for a couple of days. It is probably the friendliest with the dock master Reye and the most inexpensive. We arrived early morning and then went about the immediate chores of getting to a bank for some cash and to see if we could convert one of our Iphone 5S's to the new carrier in town -- Bealiv. They have great call and data packages. We went to their main hub and unfortunately they will not work with the 5S. They need a 6 or later.
Then on to the bank a RBC bank auto teller. Man they wanted to charge a $32 money conversion -- the US dollar is less than the Bahamain? Oh well we bit but then found out from other cruisers that the Scotia bank did not have that fee. Grrrr.
We shopped a bit then back to the marina. After lunch I found "Hollywood George" making conch salad on the sidewalk out front -- his is the BEST. Had to have some.
The next day we went to the Supermarket early and dropped a couple of hundred on provisions -- all good stuff. Back on the boat via Taxi for just $6. We went to SNAPPAS sports bar for lunch. Karen had their famous cheeseburger and I had the fish and chips -- fish was GROUPER! More GOOD stuff.
BAck on the boat to finish laundry. Karen did 2 loads yesterday and 2 loads today. Mangoes is the place to do it since it is only $3.50 a load to wash and $3.50 to dry. Most other places are $5.50 -- it adds up.
Water is only $5 a day at Mangoes where everywhere else it is .38 cents a gallon.
In the evening we could smell smoke. With little wind to disperse it got WORSE. We had to close the boat up. As we looked around town we could see a think haze around all the lights. There was a major forest fire near by an it was bad. In the Bahamas they just let them burn themselves out or pray for rain. Tomorrow is supposed to be a very rainy day which is unusual here in the winter time.
With bad weather forecast for tomorrow and Monday Hopetown is filling up again. It should not be bad like last weekend just rain and cold air ohhh the forecast low on Monday is 62 degrees which is frigid here.
Saturday, January 28, 2017
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Big One -- not so big and I'm a WINNER!
Well this monster cold front came through on Sunday as predicted but fortunately the very strong winds were not that bad. It actually started blowing in the 20's Saturday afternoon and evening (not as forecast) then the front came across at 7:30am and rained and blew strong till 8:30am and then like a switch the wind died to 5 - 8kts for about 2 hours. Apparently there was a trough following the front that gave us the mild wind then it blew strong all day. Monday was still blowing strong but let up enough that we could re-launch the dinghy and go to Captain Jacks for BINGO night.
Monday night was uncomfortable because we were still swinging on the mooring and rocking a bit. Today is still windy but laying down to just under 20kts late this afternoon. Supposed to be light and variable by morning.
Tomorrow we are heading to Marsh Harbour and Mangoes Marina. I need to plug in and run a battery equalization on my batteries. They are charging but not deeply. We will do a major provisioning run and laundry while there for at least 2 days. Then back here to HopeTown for the next cold front passage.
Steve and Molly from YOLO joined us at Capn Jacks to play JACKS -- a modified BINGO game-- and played for the first time. Darn if Molly didn't win the first game. That was a surprise. Then I won the fourth game which was a surprise for me. Boy it feels good to win and get that pot of money. YOW!
Another lesson re-learned. The other morning some Cruiser got on the Cruiser's Net and complained about all the boats here in Hopetown running generators. He thought we should all have enough Solar Panels to avoid that. I thought what a wuss can't stand a little generator noise and exhaust. Well I've got my just desserts now. There is a large sailing vessel Cheng Tu in front of me -- about 30 yards away -- and with the wind direction I am directly behind him. Well for that last 2 days -- maybe longer -- he is running a built in generator 24 hours a day!! Ohh and that exhaust just frequently comes to our boat and on top of that the captain has a cigar in his mouth nearly all the time. So it is both diesel exhaust and cigar smoke. Sorry but I have to complain. The wind should change direction tonight and put him beside me and another boat will be astern him -- sorry for that boat.
Monday night was uncomfortable because we were still swinging on the mooring and rocking a bit. Today is still windy but laying down to just under 20kts late this afternoon. Supposed to be light and variable by morning.
Tomorrow we are heading to Marsh Harbour and Mangoes Marina. I need to plug in and run a battery equalization on my batteries. They are charging but not deeply. We will do a major provisioning run and laundry while there for at least 2 days. Then back here to HopeTown for the next cold front passage.
Steve and Molly from YOLO joined us at Capn Jacks to play JACKS -- a modified BINGO game-- and played for the first time. Darn if Molly didn't win the first game. That was a surprise. Then I won the fourth game which was a surprise for me. Boy it feels good to win and get that pot of money. YOW!
Another lesson re-learned. The other morning some Cruiser got on the Cruiser's Net and complained about all the boats here in Hopetown running generators. He thought we should all have enough Solar Panels to avoid that. I thought what a wuss can't stand a little generator noise and exhaust. Well I've got my just desserts now. There is a large sailing vessel Cheng Tu in front of me -- about 30 yards away -- and with the wind direction I am directly behind him. Well for that last 2 days -- maybe longer -- he is running a built in generator 24 hours a day!! Ohh and that exhaust just frequently comes to our boat and on top of that the captain has a cigar in his mouth nearly all the time. So it is both diesel exhaust and cigar smoke. Sorry but I have to complain. The wind should change direction tonight and put him beside me and another boat will be astern him -- sorry for that boat.
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