Weather has been great, 80s most days, 70s at night. Rather humid right now, but sunny and warm none the less. A couple of fronts have gone through the Abacos since my last update, but they just bring winds of about 25 knots, and a little rain, although the one last Saturday night and Sunday had a fair amount of rain in it. It rained most of Saturday night and into Sunday morning. Washed the salt off of Navigator. But then its back to sunny, sunny, sunny.I have become accustomed to “Island Time”, no worries mon. As such, I have been reading books again, puttering around the boat fixing things (or at least trying) that seem to continually break or stop working. I haven’t played tourist in over a week, but may go to a place called Little Harbor, which has, surprises, surprise, a Tiki Bar right on the beach. But I need high tide to get into the harbor, so the trip will depend on when the tide is high there. If it doesn’t happen this week, it will next week. I also want to do some snorkeling on the way down to Little Harbor. There is a beautiful reef with lots of coral and fish that is well protected, so am looking forward to that.
I have become a member of the Royal Marsh Harbor Yacht Club, and attended their Christmas Dinner last night. Met lots of cruisers that are wintering in the Bahamas, and had lots of fun. Also met several of the people on boats also anchored in Marsh Harbor. At least half of them are Canadian. It seems Canadians will outnumber Americans this winter down here, unless we get an influx of Americans after the holidays. All have been very nice, so it should be a pleasant winter here. I also went to the Marsh Harbor’s Christmas fair last Saturday. The highlight was the Bahamas Defense Force Marching Band. They were really good, both in the active marching, and their music. Then there was also the usual arts and crafts, and food at the fair. And lots of people, including a lot of boaters.
As I have not been playing tourist this week, that is about all I have to tell you about. It has been nice to just kind of sit back and ply retiree for a week. I look forward to being ore active next week, though, so should have m ore to report.
Hope all are enjoying the winter, and snow!
Cliff
S/V Navigator
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