tuesday May 26

Tuesday, May 26

We took our time getting moving this morning thinking we had not far to go…only about 26 miles.  Well, that was true but some of the legs were into the wind which slowed us down considerably. Still we managed to arrive in Great Guana Cay by 3:00 pm.

Unfortunately some stupid stuff happened, and don’t tell Rick I told you!  Firstly, we were dogged by a charter cat that kept upping his revs so he could stay ahead of us. We didn’t care but as luck would have it he was headed for the same anchorage and managed to drop his in the middle, not leaving much room for us. The anchorage is not very big and already had a lot of boats spread around in it.  Ok, so not our fault but we had trouble finding space.

Secondly, we couldn’t get the anchor set and had to lift and try twice…hard spots where it wouldn’t grab. Still, not our fault but got it down. Rick went and swam on it to make sure we were set. Good. Except that this [again] is the highway for dinghies and powerboats heading to shore. I hate anchoring in those spots. And these islands are all too short to buffer the wind. By the time the anchor was set we had out a hundred feet of chain and were sitting outside the calm zone. We are bobbing around like a cork in a sink. Makes it really hard to drink hot tea. Oh, well.

I had tied the string to pull the sail bag zipper onto the dodger pole to stop it from swinging. When we went to lift the dinghy down Rick snapped the zipper pull off because he forgot to untie the string. Oops

We put thin dinghy in the water and …oh, look, did it rain that much?? NO he forgot to put the drain plug in. Crap! So he had to bail it out before we went to shore.

But we made it and found Nippers’ … and what a cool place THAT is! They had a multi-level bar above the beach, all bright colours with an indoor, A/C restaurant and a pool you can sit in with your drink!

When we go there no-one we needed to meet was there but the bartender called Bill’s number for me and after I told him who I was, he and Annette came to meet us. We sat for a long time and chatted about stuff… grandkids, retirement, old jobs, growing up here and there, and the strangest thing….

Annette & I were in GRADE 3 together in Hamilton!!!

We met their son-in-law, Johnny and hope to meet Janesse tomorrow when we go back to town. I will take some photos and try to post again.  G’nite!