After pushing hard yesterday, today has been a funny sort of day. The
purpose of pushing hard was to gain safe harbour, and that was
successful. I have been sitting here looking at the front door of the
church, people coming and going, but there is a 15-20 knot onshore wind,
and I can't get ashore.
This is not so much of an anchorage as a
harbour. It is about 5 miles long and two wide, protected in all
directions, and all 8-12 feet deep. All the boats in the Bahamas could
anchor here. When the wind changes directions people up anchor and move
to the new lee. There are about 25 boats here, and there is so much room
they are not even noticeable. The town seems large enough to have
things like restraints, hardware stores, markets, etc. And enough
automobile traffic to seem busy at times. I will know more tomorrow when
the wind veers around to the north and I can dinghy ashore. This place
has everything except an "all weather" dinghy landing.
So, I read
some, tried to do some computer chart-plotting, and did some rust
repair. A little bit at a time and I may can catch up with the bad
spots. There is a really strong wifi signal but I can not connect. The
source is identified, so I know where to go to find out how to connect. I
will let you know when I get Skype, etc. I am tentatively planning to
move on Monday. More about that Tomorrow or Sunday.
From a boat bobbing gently in force 5 wind.\,
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