To Staniel Cay and Allen's Cay

May 5 In Staniel Cay
So we just sat... no, not sat..scurried around like scared rabbits... during a horrendous thunderstorms with 50+ knot winds and dragging anchors and shredding sails. But we are okay...wet and tired and we are preparing for another one scheduled for later today or tomorrow. Amazing Grace, Nauticuss and a couple of other boats are here: everyone is fine. Boats are clean and salt free!
OK, its evening. After the storm we asessed the damage: the main sail split but we an fix it with sal tpe when the deck dries. The staysail UV protection shredded, but we can get that fixed by a sailmaker. we lost the blades from our wind generator so we don;t have wind power and we blew the inverter,, so we don't have any AC power... computers cannot be charged so will probably lose the internet before we get another one. GRRRRRR!

But when it cleared up, Amazing Grace and Nauticuss took us to Thunderball Grotto and swam in there. Then we went to see the swimming pigs. Hopefully we will miss the next one. we will hang out here until we are sure.
May 6Morning! It's beautiful and calm and a perfect Caribbean morning...weather looks like its over, and we are getting ready to move on. The inverter re-booted itself so that's a plus...dried out, so I will stop cursing the companies who make boat equipment that is not waterproof. 

The sail is not a big deal. We do not use our main to drive the boat: it is more like a steadying sail. And our big jib was good. We can lay out the man and use sail tape or duct tape if we have to to get us back to the mainland.
Wind generator is a disappointment but the blades are easily replaceable and as long s we have sunshine we're golden!

Today we go to town to get some milk and bread; show Quentin Smethurstthe nurse sharks that hang around the yacht club for food and petting. Then head up towards Wardrick Wells or Shroud Cay. Days are looking good.

OK, Update...Quentin Smethurst has jumped ship!! Amazing Grace and Nauticuss are heading up to Allen's Cay today. So Quentin is on Nauticuss. We will be there in 2 days and will pick him up then. He is crew on Nauticuss for two days. Ross will take good care of him! Oh, and Ross made him bring his homework!!!

May 8

Ok,for those of you who are concerned, we have met up with NautiCuss today and we will take back Quentin in the morning before Ross leaves. He said Q could spend another night on his boat. He is leaving for the Abacos tomorrow. I will have a cool picture to post later today or tomorrow when I get it off Ross's camera! We will be here in Allen's Cay for about 12 days, then had north to the Abacos and over to Florida...should be there end of May.