The anchor alarm went off at 2 AM. Thirty seconds later the engine was running and we were trying to assess just how far we had moved. It is really hard in such darkness, with all boats lined up in a row, land about 100 feet to one side and the tide came up since we went to bed. Pete had kept the anchor watch circle tight knowing we were close to the rocky shore. Visually, it didn’t appear as if we moved that much. Pete sent me back to bed, but he remained up above on watch for the next two hours and studied the Garmin GPS. He found out that the wind shift along with the simultaneous current shift popped the anchor and moved it about 25 feet where it re-dug itself in. The storms never materialized. We only had some winds and light rain and no more trouble for the anchor.
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| Private home on private island |
Pete checked the time at 6 and found that his cell phone was dying. Since we were planning on leaving at 8, the alarm was set for 7. We didn’t want to oversleep (a real possibility) we were now up for the day.
Once the anchor was pulled, we followed custom and cruised past Brunelle to bid farewell as we will not be traveling with them for a few days. Then Andiamo and we headed north following all the recommended tracks towards Abaco Beach Resort and Harbor Marina. Today was one of the few days we have encountered where the sun is hiding behind fairly heavy cloud cover.
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| The gazabo that belongs to the same home on the same private island |
With Dan’s recommendation, we listened to 68 NET for the Abacos. It is a great resource for the area be they cruisers or service providers.
We arrived at noon. It is a very protected deep harbor that had 8 plus feet at the entry even though it was low tide as we came in. Thank heavens this place has 6 washing machines. I was able to do 3 loads of laundry. Again, I had problems with one of the machines, having a restricted water hose which severely delayed the cycles of the machine. However, it got me an extra token from the mechanic for my inconvenience, but it completely messed up my timing between the laundry and cleaning the inside of the boat. When I finally returned from the laundry, Pete mentioned that Brunelle was able to get dockage in the inner harbor at Mango’s and they invited us to join them there for dinner.
We arrived at noon. It is a very protected deep harbor that had 8 plus feet at the entry even though it was low tide as we came in. Thank heavens this place has 6 washing machines. I was able to do 3 loads of laundry. Again, I had problems with one of the machines, having a restricted water hose which severely delayed the cycles of the machine. However, it got me an extra token from the mechanic for my inconvenience, but it completely messed up my timing between the laundry and cleaning the inside of the boat. When I finally returned from the laundry, Pete mentioned that Brunelle was able to get dockage in the inner harbor at Mango’s and they invited us to join them there for dinner.
The walk over to Mango’s was really not as long as we thought it was going to be. We donated towards sponsoring one of the high school basket ball players so he could play in a tournament in Nassau, before joining Dan and Martha. Once seated, they broke the news that Jay and Peg might not be coming. Room and board was offered on Andiamo. They are waiting for confirmation of just what DB and Natasha really have before they cancel their flights. Once that discussion was tabled we were able to order our drinks and food and enjoy our time.
Well, 3 out of the 6 loads of laundry are done and all but the back cabin are in order. A nice walk into town. Pete put in 9 billable hours. Today was pretty productive. I don’t think we will have any problems sleeping tonight after losing so much sleep last night.
~ ~ (\_~ ~ ~ Kathy and Pete
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