Thursday, January 16, 2020

Georgetown, Exuma, Bahamas
23.31.160N
75.45.475W

Anchorage in front of Chat N Chill

With the winds at a more respectable level, Dale dinked into town another 3 times topping off our water and getting gas for the dink.  $6.00/gal almost took our breath away. 

We followed that up by trying to track where our parts are in the Bahamas—not here, for sure.  

We debated whether to take the main sail out of the boom in preparation for its repair during this lull but decided against it as the wind is only supposed to be calm for today and half of tomorrow and Dale didn’t want to leave it on the deck during the high winds coming in later this weekend.  

Path to Atlantic Side

For lunch, we dinghied into what is referred to as Hurricane Hole “0” where we could tie our dinghy up to a dock and walk over to a beach bar called Peace and Plenty.  I think their burgers are decidedly better and they offer a variety of chips instead of French fries.  On our return, we spotted a path that led to the beach side of the island, so we tied the dink to a tree, threw out a stern anchor to keep us properly aligned and hiked to the other side. 

View looking South

The view was magnificent.  We found a seat at the top of the incline that we sat in for a short while watching the gorgeous colors of the Bahamian waters blend with those of the Atlantic.  There were even a few boats on the horizon making the best of the short weather window to travel.  

Coming back down the sandy hill was more of a controlled fall on my part, as the couple at the bottom said that I “exploded onto the scene.”  Well, at least I didn’t fall in a heap at their feet or bowl them over in an attempt to stay upright.  

View looking North with the 

Tinker in Chief

Upon our return, Dale attacked a sluggish drain in our head (bathroom) and had it fixed by simply removing the drain plug and pulling out the clog of hair and attached goo from the bottom of it.  After that, it worked great.  




Other than that, there’s a whole lot of nothin’ going on except boats moving on, including Loon (we never did see that slide being used.)