But first:
12/19/14
After letting the batteries charge we filled the water tanks, cleaned the boat and left the dock and anchored. We needed to wait for high tide in order to leave Black Sound. When the tide was high we left the sound to anchor off of New Plymouth for our next excursion. The evenings entertainment was cleaning three coconuts.
12/20/14 No Name Cay
We were up early as usual to listen to the weather. My dreams of sleeping late everyday have been destroyed by having to listen to the weather forecast at 6:30 every day. We pulled anchor and did a slow motor to No Name Cay, a trip of about three miles. We anchored and took the dinghy to explore. No Name Cay is a deserted island with a large but shallow sound in it's middle accessible from the east. We motored around seeing several turtles and finding a nice big conch. The only inhabitants of the island are a small herd of wild pigs. We stopped to look at them and several waded out to see if we had anything for them. We continued along the shore checking out the island and stopped along a sand beach on the north end of the island. From there we could walk across to the ocean side. Very disappointing, hard rough rocks. Back to the sandy beach Cori went looking for shells and I tried snorkeling. With the little video camera I got some good and a lot of poor shots. then it was back to the boat for a quiet evening and another great sunset. We cleaned the conch and Cori made a conch ceviche wrap for dinner.
12/21/14 No Name Cay
Sunday, there is no weather forecast so I got to sleep in. Breakfast was french toast made with some of the coconut bread. Very Good!!!!! After that Cori did some of the laundry and hung it all over the boat to dry. We definitely look like live-aboards now. We went to shore to see the pigs again and to bring them some water. When we told Donny back at his dock where we were going he told us to bring them some water. They have a little kiddie pool for fresh water. We took our five gallon jerry jug with water from Matthews Point for them. They are very tame and just want to be fed or left alone. The little ones were the cutest but also the most shy. Since this was a different part of the beach Cori did more shelling. The wind shifted a little and it was not as calm overnight but nothing to be concerned about. We made plans to return to Green Turtle Cay in the morning.
12/22/14 White Sound
Chris Parker, the main weather forecaster for the Bahamas has been warning about a front coming into the Bahamas with rain and wind so we decided to head to White Sound which is a well protected anchorage with several marinas. We pulled anchor and set our headsail for a slow sail back because we had no reason to hurry. After anchoring we dropped the dinghy in the water and mounted the 9.9 horse outboard. We visited with the others at the marina and contacted Bahama Telephone Company to try to set up our phone data plan working. We were the lucky ones, it only took us three calls with the last one to report that it was working. We heard that the ocean side beach was really nice so we walked to check it out. Very nice white sand beach with a reef just offshore for diving or snorkeling but no shells. After dinner we rigged the running lights to take the dinghy to New Providence to check out their Christmas lights at night. For a small town they do an alright job with a very nice display on the point leading into the harbor..
12/23/14 Bluff House Marina
We had decided to treat ourselves for Christmas and get a slip for a couple of days. Bluff House has a promotion with a reduced rate and third day free, just what us cheap sailors like. After tying up it was time for a long hot shower without worrying how much water we used. We also have free Internet so I was able to upload photos, a video, update the map and of course update this blog. The forecast for bad weather has backed off a lot so we may only get some winds into the 20's and a few showers Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. We are planning to partake in the local cruisers activities which include a Christmas Eve breakfast and a Christmas Day pot luck gathering.
I have uploaded two new videos and several photos.
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