they're good. Thursday, 6/21 Clear, warm with tropical breezes-ahhh... Wayne learned there was good fishing in these parts so I trolled once again and…WHAM! Another
Dolphin. We anchored at the North end of the island just under the white house and trees on the highest ground of the island. Again, just a stop over to have dinner and sleep. During the night, three storms passed through; one to the North, one to the South and one right over us. Wayne was up most of the night
on anchor watch. I guess the anchor dragged some but we were not in peril – we had lots of ‘wiggle’ room. I slept through most of it and dreamed about catching fish. Friday, 6/22 I wanted to be in Nassau by Friday because the Junkanoo in June Festival was on Saturday. It was a pleasant, uneventful trip to Nassau. Although there were thick, dark clouds all around us, the sun shone brightly as we were entering the harbor. We even stopped in the middle of nowhere to snorkel some coral heads. Wayne claims he saw another shark. Molly found a friend too.
We docked at the Nassau Yacht Haven late in the afternoon. I spied CONCH PERL from Bimini with Billy had his wife on board. They invited us to a wedding in Bimini on June 30th. Saturday, 6/23 - Partly sunny, occasional thunder.You know, during this entire trip we had tons of time but we’re not sure what we did to eat up an entire day. Today was one of those days. By the time we got ourselves organized to go to Junkanoo, a storm came in and it was rained out. :>( We decided to have dinner at the Poop Deck instead. Dinner out is always a special treat as we don’t do it often. We were at a comfortable, corner table. Unfortunately, a rowdy group of young male yuppies sat next to us. One in particular was talking loudly, using a lot of foul language and boasting about his big boat docked at Atlantis. As I got up to go to the lady’s room, I leaned over their table, spoke quietly in his ear and shamed them into silence. I thought Wayne was going to have a coronary! When I returned, things were much different.They were very respectful & wanted to buy us a drink to make up. By the time we were ready to leave Wayne had them thinking he was my hired hand and that I was some rich bitch with a boat. Wayne later said, “if I had thought quickly enough, I
would have pointed at them and told the waiter, "they’ll take the check". Wayne said to me; "The way you had those guys cowering, I’m sure they would have paid without saying a word”. Sunday, 6/24 Lazy day We walked to the East end of Nassau, toured Fort Montagu, went through the “shopping center” and discovered the Nassau Harbor Club; a very squared away Marina with hotel rooms, restaurant/bar and nice pool. We found out it was the same cost-per-night as where we were but had more amenities. We decided that we would move the boat in the morning. We met our dock neighbors, Garry and Tammy Hull – he’s an airline pilot, she’s a flight attendant who live on the East Coast of Florida. They are partners in a 45-ft Sea Ray. The other owner uses it only 1-2 times a year. Gary is only responsibility as a partner is to maintain it and use it whenever he wants – he didn’t have to put up any financial interest. Nice deal if you can get it.We had a pasta dinner aboard their boat.What a nice evening. Good food, good wine and such nice & interesting people. Monday, 6/25 Kinda cloudy.While Wayne was showing Gary BLUE MAX he found water in the engine room from a pinhole leak in the engine oil cooler. But of course he had a spare – bless him. Gary had
problems as well. Both the “boys” were busy working on their boats I decided to find the bakery. It was worth the journey. I bought regular Bahamian bread and delicious coconut bread.The repairs were done by 10:00 and it was time to move the boat. Guess who captained the boat? ME! With Wayne’s calming attitude and incredible patience, I took the boat out of one slip, through the harbor and into the new slip without a glitch! Wayne played deck hand, quietly coached me and tied the lines. Thank goodness I didn’t know that everyone on the docks were watching – at both marinas. I learned that with the majority of cruising couples, many of them full-time live-aboards, the women have no idea how to run the boat or even the dinghy. Unbelievable, dangerous & unacceptable.
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