Arrival at Spanish Wells
The “Liberty Clipper” Anchored Next to Us
This morning dawned gray and windy, but quite warm. I cooked us up bacon, eggs and coffee for breakfast and we ate outside in the cockpit. Last night we watched the Liberty Clipper anchor near us after dark. It’s apparently a charter ship out of the U.S. and this morning it looked like the gang over there were having a blast. A couple of them climbed the forward mast to put a flag at the top.
After breakfastwWe noticed the wind picking up a bit and saw some squalls to the west and so decided to high tail it to the marina. Shelly brought us into the slip in a 15 knot wind and did extremely well, we’re getting pretty good at this. The marina is pretty nice and even has a working wifi system.
This afternoon I walked through town to get some parts for the shortwave radio. This tiny town is an eclectic mix of residential and rentals, and industrial. Boatyards and shipping are intermixed almost next door to houses, shops and rental cottages. The hardware stores here were almost as good as Marsh Harbor and yet this is somewhat more remote and much smaller.
Tonight the promised storm is materializing with high wind and more rain than we’ve seen in the Bahamas so far. It’s supposed to pass rather quickly overnight, which means I can get to work fixing the radio and Shelly can get some of her consulting work done.
End of Day!