We are enjoying a Saturday afternoon at the Staniel Cay yacht club after a rousing game of tennis and a walk around the island. The norther that was blowing last night settled down, and we managed to get off the boat around 1pm to dinghy into town. We went to the Island Store this time, having experienced both the pink and blue stores already. Grocery stores here are limited in what they carry - a selection of canned and dry goods = and a few frozen things. Bread is baked by local ladies and is white inevitably and kind of sweet but at least robust in texture. At the Island General Store we managed to find a whole chicken cut up into parts and frozen, which should help us subsist until Georgetown. Winds look favorable leaving Monday for Cave Cay and then Tuesday for Georgetown where we intend to be planted for 6 weeks or so. In the meantime, we plan to check out the church services tomorrow morning (baptist), have breakfast here at the yacht club, and dive in the fabulous Thunderball cave where the James Bond movie "Thunderball" was flimed. What a life but someone has to do it! We have heard that Claude has had some less than excellent weather in the Florida Keys, and that is in fact the usual January Thaw in the UP with temps in the 20's F. We are enjoying balmy 70-s 80-s and sometimes close to 90-s and in fact have absolutely nothing to complain about except that the cues at the pool table here are warped and the tips are loose. Other than that, very smooth sailing. Oh yes - the braids were a must in Nassau so that I don't have to do any hair anything for the next month. My daughters will be mortified, but they have managed to wear things that I wouldn't either...The beaches are just like this - beautiful little deserted areas where you can pull your dinghy up, do some yoga or pilates, and breathe LIFE!
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Hi Isabel, hi Wayne! I accidentally hit on your sailing blog. I am from Hamburg Germany and did a trip starting from Miami via Nassau down to Staniel Cay and back in 2005. We where 3 frinds, all Germans but one is living in Miami for a while now. We chartered a nice 42" boat but the GPS was defect. As no other 42" was around we finally got a 45" boat and went down the Bahamas. It is big fun reading your blog as it seams we did exactly the same trip. We actually entered Bahams through Bimini and crossed the Bahama plate like you did. We also anchored in the middle of nowhere a few miles from the tongue of the ocean. At Nassau marina we met a great guy from nothern US (maybe NY) who quit his job and bought this huge green motor yacht. An old lady but very nice. He is now doing trips up and down the Bahamas for tourists and sometimes even fright trips. He invited us that night to a couple of Jaegermeisters and we met another couple. Also Americans with the same story but they bought a nice catamaran which they do sailing trips for tourists with. They told us great spots to go including Staniel Cay. Did you see the pigs? Unfortunately we were very limited in time and had to do the whole trip from Miami to Staniel Cay and back in only 17 days but nevertheless it was a great time and unfogettable adventure.
I wish you all the best and always a fair wind.
Alex
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