Another month has sped by! After a
brief stop in George Town for water we took off for Cat Island. It was a wonderful sail into New Bight for
our third visit to Cat this season. We
returned to Olive's Bakery to see if they had any of their delicious Almond
Pound Cake. They did so we could not
resist. Of course Hampshire Rose looked
so nice on the hook too!
Soon we were off to Fernandez Bay Resort.
In December I posted pictures of painted floats done by a local. He never contacted me to purchase one so we
thought we would ask at the resort. No
luck, but it was a very nice visit.
There are mangrove areas adjacent to the resort that are wonderful to take the dink through. We had not yet done that this year so off we
went. As you enter the area there a few
homes too.
Stunning! The mangroves, not the homes!
After the mangroves we decided to explore outside. There were no footprints on the beach!
All this exploring was thirsty work so off to Fernandez Bay for a cool
drink!
Turning another 10,000 miles is always a milestone.
We enjoyed our time on Cat Island again but it was time to move on. After a rather uncomfortable night at Littler
San Salvador we were underway back to Eleuthera.
Before 8am we had a nice tuna in the fridge! Later on we decided to fish a bit more. Since we do not have a freezer we try not to
take more than we can eat but since we know lots of folks in Rock Sound we
thought why not? After losing yet
another couple of lures Rob got this nice dolphin..... Ours Bahamian friends Frank & Merionetta had their tuna & mahi for Good Friday dinner. We felt honored!
Rock Sound was great as usual but the batteries were really getting bad so
it was time to keep moving. A stop in
Hatchet Bay/Alice Town and we got to see our friend Emile from Long Island. There is a new boatyard there and he has been
helping to build this! 130ft long, 10
heads, 3 bars and carries 400 passengers.
She will tour out of Nassau.
We had a couple of Grabbers & Kaliks then off to the boat. The next morning we went to Green Turtle Cay
& were lucky enough to see friends Tom & June of S/V Lady Ella, another
Pearson 365.
It appears to be a weather window so were off to Great Sale Cay.
We had a wonderful sail into Great Sale, a nice dinner & rest and off
towards Ft. Pierce we went. It was about
24 hours anchor to anchor and we were able to sail a good portion of it. We dropped the hook at 0930 ready for a good
sleep.
But that was not to be. No sooner
was the anchor set when this man pops his head out of a nearby boat yelling
"Help me, help me, I'm on fire!!!".
Our dink was in the davits & motor on the rail so we could not go
pick him up. We saw no smoke but he kept
yelling for assistance. We did the only
thing we could, called the Coast Guard.
Soon we had 2 Coast Guard boats, 1 Sheriffs boat, TowBoat US and a small
charter boat on scene. While we do not
know exactly what was going on we suspect the man was maybe a wee bit
unstable. We told the Coast Guard on the
VHF that we saw no smoke even though the man was yelling about fire before
boats were dispatched from station Ft. Pierce. The St. Lucie County Deputy came
by our boat and we explained that we had
just come in from offshore but the catamaran nearby had told us they had been
there for a few days. In fact, we had
not yet cleared in with CBP! Well,
things settled down, we cleared in and had a nice sleep.
That wraps thing up for April. We
are back in the US and making our way north.
We replaced our house bank of batteries and the difference is amazing.
All in all, we feel that this was probably one of our best seasons
yet, battery problems & all. The weather was for the most part fantastic
and the people were as always wonderful.
We have decided that we are not ready to stop yet!
We were able to see our wonderful friends Larry & Annette Carter while
in Ft. Pierce but that was on May 1st so more on that next time.
Isn't this a great idea???
Bye
