Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Just 5 Days in Paradise

We arrived in Bimini on Saturday afternoon November 2nd and we plan to pull out tomorrow morning November to head across the Great Bahama Bank. We are looking forward to continuing our journey down the Bahamas chain. This crossing will take to long to complete so we will have to pull off the designated route a couple of miles and drop anchor for the night. The forecast looks good for an easy sail and I am hoping that it proves as accurate as the previous window. We need to get closer to Georgetown to meet up with Tripp and Dana in December. We have found firsthand that weather can keep you in one place for an extended time and want to be sure not to get caught to far from Georgetown. The wind has been screaming here since midnight the night we got here. There has been so much wind that our wind generator has been able to supply our energy needs without help from the motors until today when the wind started to decrease. We had a large catamaran show up on Sunday during the day just to make repairs and head on down to the Virgin Islands. There was so much wind that it damaged their new mainsail. I would not have wanted to go back out there.
Cat coming in for a quick stop and go on Sunday
We then had another Cat come in early Monday Morning. They had a group of sailing students that chose to make the rough crossing Sunday night. They had a wild ride but their Captain and Crew made sure they made it safely. They just left today to head back over and work on some more sailing skills. One of the students just bought a 55 Cat and will be taking it to the Virgin Islands to charter. There are a couple of other cruisers at the marina one couple from Canada and another group from the interior US.
Michelle, the excellent Crew of Cat Tales

We have had a couple of amazing meals here from this place that is known for it's excellent food and bread among cruisers. We went back a second day and walked to the next town to pick up a couple of loaves of bread from Charlie who bakes it in his home every day.
You can't believe the crowds at lunch time until you taste the food!

Yum Yum  Charlie!

The Bahamian people are generous and kind and we are looking forward to our time here with them.
Got to go and see if I can get some homemade mango ice cream before they close.





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