What a time it was, attempting to get everything done in George Town! This year Wayne was the "Regulation Volleyball" Chairman - meaning he had to organize and participate in the volleyball tournament for the "real" or "good" players. He had five teams entered, and it went generally well. They played from around 9:30 am to 1:30 pm, and were hot, sandy and tired. The final round was very exciting with the two undefeated teams meeting and playing very agressively despite their fatigue. In the end, youth won out. All had a great time. Previous to the tournament, Wayne and I had participated in the "Coconut Challenge" again, and had been practicing for our world debut at the Bahamian Music Festival at Regatta Park, George Town. Regrettably, our world debut with "Folks on Boats" was slightly marred by an overwhelming sound system, lack of sound check, and a broken guitar string which made everything sound totally different. Even so, we didn't get booed of the stage therefore considered the experience a marginal success. After that, Wayne played in the tennis tournament and myself in duplicate bridge. Wayne's team came in third in tennis, and my partner and I came in second place in bridge. This was to the amazement of many of the other players, mais c'est comme ca les copins...My partner is the delightful Dave from High Noon, the same Santa Claus/Teddy Bear who saved us in Nassau from having to attempt to row to the gas station. (In a soft-bottom 12-foot dinghy this is no mean feat...) Dave is a bridge whiz, and my skill set is minimal but creative. Dave calls my playing "Star Wars" bridge because he says I play as if I figure that, "the force is with me..." Yup, that's about right. At any rate, it works in duplicate situations but confuses the heck out of a lot of people.
Regatta week finished up with a "Variety Show" at which the Folks on Boats played again. This time, the kind sound team spent two hours on our sound check and we sounded fantastic! My children will never believe that I got to be the lead singer and front the band. It was a ton of fun, but we were absolutely exhausted by this year's activities.
Now the weather is warmer but we are soon to endure another Norther and have tucked in deeply to a protected anchorage. Boat life is fun, but the aspect of camping is now wearing a bit. No running water, no real bathroom facilities and an endless series of chores related to the acquisition of water, food, etc. can be daunting. No matter, as the photo shows, it is beautiful beyond words here when the weather is nice and judging from the reports from home we are lucky as heck to be here.
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