On New Years Day Cori had a successful day of deep drop fishing with Donny and a few others.
After the fishing trip it was into town for the annual Junkanoo. This year I did not shoot photos but am in the process of editing the video I shot. Watch for that coming on our YouTube channel.
On Saturday we caught the high tide and left Black Sound and moved down to Hopetown. We had fairly calm seas and therefore a smooth ride through the Whale Cay passage. To get from the northern Abaco to the southern part we have to go out into the Atlantic by going around Whale Cay. It can be a smooth ride or it can be kicking up so much that there is no way to safely make the trip. Cori used the opportunity to try her luck at fishing again. She caught one fish, a good sized barracuda.
Unfortunately barracuda are not safe to eat so it was thrown back. Once in Hopetown we picked up a mooring ball and settled in the week. The weather forecast had a cold front coming through mid week and we needed a safe harbor for the duration. Once settled in we joined friends on their boat for a social hour. We heard that Papa Nasty's BBQ was scheduled to close at the end of the week so on Sunday we joined Bo and Allison from Sehla(sp) for a walk there for lunch. The women walked and jogged faster then Bo and I but we were able to catch them at Da Beach Bar when a nice lady offered us a ride on her golf cart. The food at Papa Nasty's was as good as ever and we had a nice visit with Papa talking about his plans to move to Florida. On the walk back we got caught in one of the showers that were passing through.
Monday Cori was able to join the yoga class she went to last year and I joined a group of cruisers in helping to launch one of the traditional abaco dinghy's. These are small wooden boats that are either propelled by a sculling oar or with sails.
There is a movement here to maintain a small fleet of the boats. In the afternoon we made the trip into town to buy some bread and pie at Vern's grocery. We bought his last key lime pie but the bread wouldn't be available until Wednesday. In the evening we went to Captain Jack's for burgers and bingo. It was a very successful night since the burgers were good and I won one of the bingo games with a pot of $354. It was a pretty good day overall.
Tuesday the front arrived and it rained all day. Cori made a trip off the boat to meet with the manager of the marina gift shop to sell some of her jewelry made with shells and seaglass found here in the Abacos. Wednesday it continued to rain with winds in the 20's and 30's. This being a very protected harbor we had no problems other then cabin fever. Cori did make one trip off the boat to pick up milk and fresh baked bread at Vern's.
Thursday dawned clear and calm, another beautiful day in paradise. We started our day with a trip to check out the new gift shop at the lighthouse where Cori donated some of her bags made from old sails. From there we went exploring in the dinghy traveling down to Tahiti Beach and the Tilloo Cut area. We stopped off at Lubbers Landing on Lubbers Quarter Cay for lunch. We highly recommend the tuna burger, it was just as good as we remembered. After lunch and a few drinks we started back to Hopetown. The wind had kicked up a bit and it was a bit bumpy on the ride back. Evidently something got stirred up in the fuel tank and the engine stalled. It would restart but would die as soon as I gave it any gas. We started motoring back at idle speed until I found that it would run about half speed if I pulled out the choke. When we made it back to the harbor we stopped immediately Arteries to see if Will could check it out. In no time the carburetor was pulled, dismantled, cleaned and adjusted. Once it was reinstalled everything ran perfectly, Thanks You Will! Once back on the boat I had to run the generator to bring the batteries back up since we had several days without the solar panels doing any charging
It is Friday, Cori is at yoga and I am at the marina using their WiFi. We need to get more weather information for next week to make a decision to stay or to move on. We will see what happens..
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