Georgetown Week 1

We entered the Atlantic through Cave Cay Cut just before the tide turned at 7:00am avoiding a “rage” and enjoying a comfortable ride on gentle swells all the way to Georgetown. At 2:00pm we spotted “High Heeled” frantically waving to us from his protected anchorage at Monument Beach and pulled in beside him where we dropped a hook in deep water. It was such a great feeling to be back in this familiar and friendly place. And it was not long before we were meeting our neighbours--old faces and new. “I need-a wind2” was here along with our friends from Avalon and Blue Blazer who we had originally met in Bimini and Key Biscayne respectively. As we were getting organized, the kids from Brydil Anchar dinghied over inviting us to visit their parents once we were settled in. We enjoyed a short but good visit with them later that evening and promised to see them again later in the week.

The next day was spent breakfasting at Peace and Plenty, provisioning at the Exuma Market in Georgetown, catching up on e-mail, and running into old friends. The rest of the week we relaxed and did very little--it was good just to “stop” and kick back. We slept late, read novels and walked for miles on Stocking Islands gorgeous beach, picking up shells, splashing in the water and drinking in the beautiful surroundings. We spent a morning with Mark and Jo-anne on “Avalon” dinghying across the harbour to Augusta Bay Resort for breakfast and strolling on a beach to collect shells later. At a Ham Radio luncheon a few days later we ran into Vivien from “Second Chance” who we hadn’t seen in two years and so we had a lot to catch on. “Dana” and “Caylx” are also here and we enjoyed time with them too.

Our wind generator is not working properly and so Vince has spent several hours taking it apart and trouble shooting. We have contacted the manufacturer in the USA and are hoping to receive replacement parts in a week which we hope will solve our problem. Thank goodness it’s still under warrantee. And so we’ll be here for at least another week until the situation is resolved. This is no problem. There’s lots to do here with interesting people and we have no desire to move on at this point. Tonight there is “Rake and Scrape” at “Eddies Bistro” and Brydil Anchar has invited us to join them there. If it’s not too windy, if the waves lie down and if we’re not too tired after another day here in paradise, we might just do that.