A day in the life...

Well, not the whole day...

Friday the weather guru predicted 15 to 18 knots of wind out of the NE.  That was a good wind direction for us to sail back to George Town to fill our water tanks and do laundry.  We ended up having winds up to 28 knots but it was behind or beside us so we had a nice fast sail.  Actually we ended up shortening sail to slow down a bit to time our arrival with a slack tide.  And for a short time the waves were from the side and big enough to cause the boat to roll so much that Zimmie got seasick.

Saturday morning we moved the boat closer to George Town proper so we wouldn't have as long a dinghy ride, as we were going to have to make several trips to bring back enough water to fill both tanks on the boat.  We anchored around 9:00 AM and made our first trip ashore.  Sue headed to the laundromat while I started filling our water containers.  We have three 5 gallon containers to carry water and two 40gallon tanks on the boat.  With the dinghy ride ashore, waiting to fill the 3 containers, going back to the boat to empty the containers, and then goihg back ashore, each trip took over half an hour.  Sue finished our two loads of laundry about the time I was coming back for our last water.  We tried to make phone calls but once again the pay phone didn't work.  A quick trip through Exuma Market for a few groceries and a stop at the gas station to fill up the outboard tank and we were ready to head back to the boat.  Just in time it turns out as the tide was almost out and we were going to be aground soon.  We were re-anchored around 2:00 and were ready for lunch.  (Just think how lucky we all are to just turn a tap for unlimited water.)

After lunch we visited a couple of boats and then went swimming.  We weren't too keen on being in the water here with so many boats (over 325 at last count) anchored here and who knows how many flushing their toilets into the harbor.  However, it looks like Kiwi is going to replace the propeller we lost since it was less than a year old, and they wanted us to confirm a measurement.

This afternoon we went ashore and walked 3 or 4 miles along the beach.  I mentioned the number of boats here.  More are arriving every day and in the next week or so there could be 500 or more.  They are all coming for the annual Cruisers' Regatta, so we're thinking it's time to get out of here.  Our hope is that some of the other islands will be less crowded as all the boats head here.

Sue made a peach crisp for dessert tonight and it turned out yummy.