Georgetown to Saltpond

Sunday mornings here in Georgetown, they have a cruisers' church service so we went over to the beach to join in. This service was pretty special as there was a boater who was killed last week in a boating accident. The service was a very nice memorial service, complete with a trumpeter who played Amazing Grace, a couple of ukuleles, a guitar, a flute & a vocalist.

At the end of the service, everyone got in a circle & sang the Lord's Prayer. That was followed by a time for coffee and fellowship. Nice!

After the service, we did a little exploring with the dinghy & headed back to Samba. We decided that with the wind the way it was, we would rather be in a quiet place than amongst 350 other boats so we headed south & east to Long Island, a 30 mile trip.

The first 5 miles, we stayed inside the barrier islands and then headed into the open ocean for the trip over to Long Island.

As we headed through the cut into the ocean, the waves were breaking ominously on the rocks next to us. Fortunately, we made it just fine.

The trip was quite windy the whole way. The first half, the seas were pretty sporty but as we worked our way onto the shallow Exuma Bank, they dropped to a reasonable 2' to 3'.

Carol found a nice spot in the sun and out of the wind to read.

Notice all of the sailboats in the anchorage as we approached Long Island.

After checking out the harbour, we opted to avoid the nearly 30 boats that were anchored in the far side of the anchorage. Instead, we found a nice quiet spot away from them and closer to town.

It was nearly 4:00 before the anchor was down so we just chilled and enjoyed the nice anchorage. We chose this because the tall hills ahead of the boat do a wonderful job of shielding us from the high winds. Notice the calm water. Woo hoo!!!

Monday, we took the dinghy into the dinghy dock in "town".  As we were climbing the ladder at the dock, there was a local who was there checking out the boats in the harbour. After talking to him for a little bit, he offered to drive us around to see the area. Brian was a very sweet soul from Canada who lives in Long Island part of the year. We had a great time talking to him & seeing the sights of the town.

There wasn't a whole lot here to see. There was a grocery store, a liquor store, a housing development, some government buildings and this marine supply store where we had Brian drop us off.

Here's Samba all by her lonesome. Later, we moved her closer to the shore to get even more protection from the wind.

Here are some shots of what the harbor looks like from Samba.

We had a nice sunset tonight. What a great place to be - - - and no viruses here!

Tomorrow, the cruisers here are getting together for a St. Patrick's Day celebration. We'll let you know how that goes.
J&C