Friday, December 13, 2019
Palm Cay Marina, Bahamas
25.01.205N
77.16.418W
Well, you know the saying of the best laid plans of mice and men . . . We had full intention of leaving this morning but when we arose, the predicted 15-18kts of wind was blowing 20-24kts. It was howling down the channel and as I was already a little nervous about making a 180* pivot to exit, it didn’t take any convincing when Dale suggested we wait another day as the weather charts were showing a decrease tomorrow. Plus, with it being Friday the 13th, why chance it?
Later in the morning we watched as a 52’ bareboat charter cat came in and unintentionally pivoted 180* when they pulled in for fuel. Enough said! We did the right thing. Also, now I know that I have enough room to turn.
This also allowed us to tidy up the Palace a bit; I took to cleaning some rust stains that had appeared after our romps across the Bank. Dale completed 3 little tasks he had on his list: he cleaned the port bilge pump switch (some construction debris was found that would cause it to occasionally stick); the starboard portlight was allowing drips in when we were in boisterous seas, a little silicone gel took care of that; and the starboard head door wasn’t holding its catch, a couple of spacers in the hinge attachment did the trick there. After all of that, we popped over to the Café and had a couple of sandwiches for lunch.
The afternoon was spent catching up on our e-mails, a few more banking tasks and catching up with our buddy boat Opal’s blog site. They are in Mayaguana waiting for a weather window. I had to chuckle when I read Nicky’s description of their 300-point turn to exit Palm Cay when they stayed here a few weeks ago.
We ran into Mike and Valerie again today. Apparently, the shipment they’ve been waiting for is stuck in Customs and won’t be delivered until possibly Monday. It reminded me of waiting a month in Grenada back when we did this the first time. Island time, mon. Can’t be in a hurry.
So, we’ll try again tomorrow. Fingers crossed the morning wind will be more manageable in tight quarters than it was today.
