We planned to leave Nassau last Thursday which would have been the 8th but our sail repair was not finished. We went to a Cruiser's luncheon hosted by BASRA(Bahamas Air Search Rescue Association) to meet new friends and enjoy a meal out. I waited all afternoon for a call on our new Batelco cell phone only to find out that it sent calls but could not receive. So, we did not get our sail back because they could not contact us to tell us it was ready.
Friday jobs included getting and installing the sail, getting the phone fixed and a little last minute grocery shopping before taking on fuel and water. Naturally all this took more time than expected. We were finally ready about 11:30 but we could not get the anchor to come up. So, Ed donned his snorkel gear and found that the chain had wrapped a big old motor. After about 5 dives he unwrapped it. Then we went for fuel and the pump didn't shut off which sent diesel spraying into the air on the side of the boat and into Ed's hair and a little bit into the bathroom. Ed was not happy.
We finally left about 1:30 which was to late for a 6-7 hour trip to Highbourne Cay so we went to Rose Island nearby and Ed managed to lose his foul mood and just in time because Ann was extremely tired of it! Lo and behold, our friends Jan and Wes were back from Canada so we immediately decided to stay a few days with them. Now Ed was elated to spend time with our great friends.
We snorkeled for hours on several days, walked the beach, visited the Lovejoys at their Rose Island House, had a fish fry with Cracky & Tanya. He makes the best Conch salad. Ed is still trying to sling-spear his first lobster, Wes and Jan have been giving us lessons in buddy snorkeling and team work. Wes took one lobster and a grey snapper which he grilled for lunch.
Today, we left our friends and headed south taking advantage of North winds to head southwest to the Exuma chain. Tomorrow we expect more of the same but stronger winds. It was a nice uneventful sail, both of us took naps at different times of course.
We have friends in George Town, Great Exuma hoping we join them to sail to the Turks and Caicos with them. Our only dilemma is that we should not be hurrying to catch them because we are supposed to be relaxing not rushing. There is a plane wreck here to dive and lots of coral but the winds on Saturday may be weak and variable. So, that is our dilemma. Oh how difficult it all is.
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