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Week of June 17th
Staniel Cay Yacht Club
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Monday
- today we will be exploring the Island
and Bob and Tony will be heading out to do
some fishing ..
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Log C
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Week of June 17th
Staniel Cay Yacht Club
Mt Olivet Baptist Church
Swimming Pigs
Thunderball Grotto
Tony's Mask Night
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Sunday
( Fathers Day )
- today we plan to explore the Island of
Staniel Cay , go to Church and to
explore the area waters by Dinghy ..
- in the morning the RPYC Crew woke up
to SUN, FLAT Seas and Betty's Conch
Horn .. yup its Fathers Day .. once
the Marina woke up we rented a Golf Cart
for later today and then took a good
long Dinghies ride in search for Sea
Life and photo ops .. Bob and Laurel
took their Bikes for a ride and the rest
of the Crew enjoyed a day to rest in ..
- at 11:00 am a number of us went to the
local Church ( Mt Olivet Baptist Church
) and it was a most unique Fathers Day
treat as much of the service was
centered around Fathers Day .. after
Church we grabbed a quick sandwich at
the Yacht Club with most of the RPYC
Crew ..
- Bernie and Barbara ( SITTING DUCK )
stopped by .. they are now anchored near
Big Majors and when they went to Shore
to see the Pigs earlier today they were
rousted by the Pigs .. in the ordeal
Bernie lost his Camera and a Hand Held
Marine Radio to the waters .. Betty gave
Bernie her Camera for the rest of their
trip .. later we headed out with our
Dinghies to see the Swimming Pigs on
Big Majors Spot where we met up with
Bernie and Barbara again as they are on
the Hook real close to where the Pigs
are .. after feeding the Pigs the
garbage that we have been collecting for
the last week we went to the
Thunderball Grotto .. it was near
low tide so we were able to get into the
Grotto real easy .. the colors of the
Fish and Sea Life are breathtaking ..
and once inside the Grotto you can look
up to a number of openings in the rock
ceiling above .. we had a great time
playing in the water ..
- tonight we had our Fathers Day Dinner
and Tony's Mask Night at the Yacht Club
.. Betty put together a Fathers Day Bag
of goodies for each of the fathers .. we
made up Tony Masks from a photo that I
took of Tony last night .. and was Tony
surprised !!!! .. he could not believe
his eyes .. the Masks looked so
realistic that he thought that we had
mirrors over our fazes .. Ramon with a
Mask joined us for desert .. the Staff
and the others dining at the Yacht Club
enjoy seeing Ramon .. Ramon ended up
going back to the Boats with Rose ..
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Week of June 10th
Sampson Cay Marina
our weather
Staniel Cay Yacht Club
Ramon was a HIT
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Saturday
- today we will traveling to Staniel Cay
Yacht Club in the RAIN ..
- with the wind direction coming from
the Southwest and the YUCK RAINS I
walked up to the Harbour Masters Office
a little after 08:00 am this morning to
check out the possibility of spending
another night here at Sampson instead of
going to Staniel today .. with the
existing wind direction it will be a
challenge to dock at Staniel .. and I
have heard that at Staniel you may be
asked / told to leave their Docks if the
weather conditions change that could
cause their Docks to be damaged ..
- the winds are to clock around later
today .. about 11:00 am I called Staniel
on the Marinas Phone ( land line ) and
they said that the seven Boats that are
to leave today are still there .. after
making one more phone call to Staniel
Cay we headed out for the six miles at
Sea .. just as we were outside of the
Sampson Cay Marina we met the seven
Boats that were at Staniel .. with all
the 'locals' on the Dock docking was
much like a Chinese Fire Drill .. by 02:00
pm we were docked once again ..
- once docked it did not take long at
all for the RPYC Crew to hit the Bar /
Restaurant for lunch .. once done with
lunch the Gals took off on their Bikes
to explore the Island and I launched the
Dinghy .. Autumn and I took a Dinghy
ride and checked out the Thunderball
Grotto and then we went to see the Pigs
on Big Majors Spot ..
- at the Staniel Cay Yacht Club dinner
is served when the Dinner Bell rings at
07:30 pm .. we had set up a table for
ten and had to expand the table later
when Ramon joined us .. Ramon was a HIT
with all the Gals and some of the Guys
.. even the Staff at the Yacht Club and
the other Boaters loved Ramon .. Bob (
SEA BUFF ) really enjoyed Ramon .. Gayle
ended up taking Ramon back to SEA BUFF
for the night or could it have been Bob
that wanted Ramon .. ?? .. something's
will just have to stay in the Bahamas ..
- when we made it back to the Boats the
winds were rocking and rolling the Boats
but later the winds died down or Ramon
was finished for the evening ..
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Week of June 10th
Sampson Cay Marina
our weather
Misty
Fishing Dog
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Friday
- we will spend today at Sampson doing
what we wanted to do yesterday ..
- it is not raining this morning (
forget that I wrote that ) .. just
overcast Skies and a mild breeze ..
- when the Harbour Masters Office I
checked out with them what if any
procedure we were to follow when you
have a Dog die on your Boat .. they
indicated that this is the first time
that they have had this happen and said
that the Bahamas Government does not
have any regulations to follow .. just
find a good spot for a burial or
whatever the individual wants to do is
fine with them .. I did check out the
RPYC Cruise Leaders Manual and did not
find a section at all on what to do when
a pet dies on a Cruise ..
- Gayle and Betty headed off on their
Bikes to explore the Island .. the rest
of the RPYC Crew rested in this morning
.. sounded like Bob ( HAWKSHAW ) had a
sever Headache .. ie no Deep Sea
Fishing, no Snorkeling etc ..
- later I went with Bill and we found a
special spot for Misty near the
Sea and with the help of a local we dug
a hole .. about 11:00 am the entire
RPYC Crew joined Bill and Sharon for
a few brief last minutes .. I found a
string of 'shinny beads' that had
drifted in from the Sea and I strung the
beads over the top of Misty's rocks ..
Misty is now at rest in a Rock covered
slope with a 'view of the Sea' ..
Sampson Cay will always have a special
meaning to the Crew of LADY SHARON ..
- about noon we all met at the Sampson
Cay Club Bar for a light lunch ..
- in the afternoon .. yes more RAIN ..
no wonder it is so green around here ..
- a few Boats down the Dock from DEE
LIGHT was a Dog that just loves to go
Fishing along the Shoreline ..
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for dinner we had a RPYC Pitch-In right back at the Sampson Cay Club Bar
.. after dinner sum of us adjourned to DEE LIGHT for Coffee and Baileys ..
Weather -
there is an area of disturbed weather
with heavy thunderstorm activity has
developed in the western Caribbean
between Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and
Cuba .. this disturbance has the
potential to form into a Tropical
Depression by Sunday as it drifts
northwards into the Gulf of Mexico ..
this Tropical Depression should not head
our direction but it is affecting our
weather .. ie RAIN ..
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Week of June 10th
Sampson Cay Marina
Sampson in the rain
Sea Creatures Party
Laurel -
Sea Creatures Party
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Thursday
- we will spend today at Sampson ..
Tony, Bob and Bob will be going fishing
with a local Guide ..
- just before the Guys were going to
head out fishing and the Gals were going
to take a Bike ride a nice shower moved
in and sat right over us for about 2
hours .. opps it developed into an 'all
day-er' .. well we no longer have salt
on the Boats anymore and the Bahamas are
even beautiful in the rain ..
- between showers we took a walk to the
Marinas Store to pickup a few things and
to check out the Ice Cream selection ..
- Laurel and Bob came by in the RAIN and
we went over the return trip for the
three Boats that will be heading back
first ..
- when the rains died off the Crew of
DEE LIGHT took a long walk exploring the
Island and looking for Sea treasures ..
got a couple of keepers that we brought
back to Betty's 'stash' ..
- tonight Laurel and Bob hosted our
Sea Creatures Party .. prior to the
party they passed out 'Bite Me' Shark
T-Shirts to each Boat and they made
arrangements to have the party in the
Sampson Cay's Bar just in case the rains
come back .. and what a party it was
Laurel had prepared a Seafood Pasta
'Deelight' that was voted the BEST EVER
PASTA .. the entire meal was a hit with
everyone .. after our desert they had a
'mind' game to see who was paying
attention to details .. Bob has said
what a good cook Laurel is but little
did we know what a great Cook she really
is .. a light rain did return during the
party but we were all having such a
great time that we did not even notice
.. Laurel and Bob did a great job
!! ..
- the evening had a terrible ending ..
when Bill and Sharon returned to LADY
SHARON they discovered that their Dog
Misty had passed away .. Misty was 17
1/2 and appeared to be really enjoying
her trip to the Bahamas ..
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Week of June 10th
Warderick Wells Cay
Exuma Park
Sampson Cay Marina
'Ladies Hats Night'
Bird Lady
Gayle
Thunderball Grotto
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Wednesday
- we will be traveling to Sampson Cay
today ..
- we had a little rain during the night
so once again all of our Boats are 'salt
free' .. and also came thru SCINTILLATOR
Hatch and SOAKED their bedding .. UGH !!
.. Tony slept right thru it ..
- Gayle did a morning Dog Run with the
three Gals ..
- I took the Dinghy to the Park Office
to check out with Judy, Kim and Jim one
last time .. they called ahead to
Sampson for us and found that our
dockage should be ready for us about
11:00 am to noon .. we have such a short
haul today that we got a few things done
and headed out about 10:15 am
- we had an uneventful cruise from
Warderick Wells Cay with all of
2 foot Seas and by noon all of us were
docked at Sampson Cay .. it did not take
the 'Crew' long at all to find the
Sampson Cay Club Bar for a quick lunch
..
- since HAWKSHAW and SCINTILLATOR do not
have Water Makers DEE LIGHT filled
HAWKSHAW's Water Tank and SEA BUFF
filled and SCINTILLATOR's Water Tank ..
you can buy water at the Marina for 50
cents a gallon .. UFFFDA !! ..
- at 07:30 pm we all had dinner together
at the Sampson Cay Club Main Dining Room
.. well its their only dining room ..
Betty came up with the idea of having
'Ladies Hats Night' .. earlier today
Betty gave each of the Gals a most
unique Hat and told them that they were
to wear it to dinner and that they were
to come up with a Hat Story to share
with the group over dinner .. ie if your
Hat was a Frog Hat you were to come up
with a Frog Hat Story .. it was a blast
and everyone had a 'deelightful' evening
..
- in a couple of days we will have 'Guy
Hats Night' ..
COMMENTS FROM OUR FIRST MATES
- Laurel ( HAWKSHAW ) - after a
hard run to both Bimini and Nassau we
made it to Sampson Cay today where calm
Seas, clear aqua waters and sunny skies
prevail ..
..although this week has brought much
rain, choppy Seas and a multitude of
Boat problems this RPYC group does a
great job of keeping up their sprites,
holding on to their sense of humor and
working as a team ..
.. I have a feeling that the best is yet
to come .. each day brings a new
adventure ..
- Betty ( DEE LIGHT ) - we have
arrived .. the water is as blue and
clear as I remembered .. the Channel is
shallow with Coral Heads just below the
surface ..
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Week of June 10th
Warderick Wells Cay
Exuma Park
The Aquarium
Dinghy Adventure
LADY
SHARON undertow
Beach Party
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Tuesday
- we will be exploring the area by
Dinghy ..
- one of the Crew aboard LADY SHARON is
a Bird names Rainbow .. apparently
during the evening a 'local' Bird tried
to get aboard LADY SHARON for what ever
reason and became injured when it struck
the Mirrored Rear Doors .. Sharon
contacted the Park Office and Kim sent
Jim (
JIM & AYE
) our with a local 'Bird Person' .. they
boxed up the local baby Bird and took it
to the Park Office for observation ..
just as the Park Office was closing for
the day the they took the baby Bird to
the Beach and thru it in the air .. the
Bird was so young it did not know how to
'take off' on its own but once in the
air it took off all on its own ..
- Bill ( LADY SHARON ) indicated that
they have a Refrigerator that is not
working .. UGH !! ..
- we checked in with Tony about his
Generator .. Jim (
JIM & AYE
) said that he has the same Generator
and that he had the saw thing go with
his and told Tony how to fix it ..
- at about 10:00 am Jim (
JIM & AYE
) took us on a 'Dinghy Adventure' .. we
headed South the the Park's South
Mooring Field and beached the Dinghies
at the site of the Pirates Lair .. from
there we headed South again to the site
of a sunken Airplane and then on to The
Aquarium where we snorkeled .. on our
return trip Bill ( LADY SHARON ) ran out
of Fuel so we towed them back to the
Park and Boats .. another example of why
we travel as a Club ..
- just before we made it back to the
Marina Bernie and Barbara ( SITTING DUCK
) pulled into the Mooring Field and
found a Ball ..
- when we made it back to the Boats
Betty and Sharon took the SeaDoo Toys
into the Mooring Field area ..
- tonight Tony and Rose hosted a Beach
Party right on the Beach .. and what a
great party it was .. Jim and Kim joined
us for dinner and Bernie and Barbara (
SITTING DUCK ) joined us for desert ..
Barbara brought me a number of Deviled
Eggs ..
- just after the sunset a small rain
cloud move thru and cooled it off for a
very comfortable evening ..
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Week of June 10th
location - Highborne Cay
DEE LIGHT
Boo Boo Hill
Boo Boo Hill
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Monday
- today we will be traveling to
Warderick Wells Cay - Exuma Park ..
- by 10:00 am we left Highborne and had
a most deelightful trip to Warderick
Wells .. Jim (
JIM & AYE
) was right there to help us hook onto
the Mooring Balls and Kim (
JIM & AYE
) was in the Park Office when we made it
to the Office to check in .. we
know Jim and Jim from the Legacy Harbour
Marina in Fort Myers we have lived on
the same Dock for the last number of
years .. they are here for the Summer (
five Months ) and when they are her they
help out Tom and Judy the Exuma Park
Manager ( formerly from Fort Myers also
) ..
- when getting tied off to the Mooring
Balls SCINTILLATOR managed to get one of
their Lines wrapped around their Prop ..
it got a little exciting for a few
minutes but Tony and Rose managed quite
well ..
- once everyone got their Dinghies
splashed and checked in at the Park
Office we all headed up to Boo Boo Hill
with out RPYC Sign that Lars had made
for us a long time ago .. the view from
the top of Boo Boo is breathtaking ..
there are also some Blow Holes that we
had to check out before heading back to
the Boats ..
- Jim and Kim stopped by to catch up on
'stuff' .. Jim offered to take our group
on an 'adventure by Dinghy' in the
morning .. we took him up on it .. just
after they left I relayed the adventure
to the others and when I was talking on
the Marine Radio I saw a large flume of
smoke suddenly appear off the back side
of SCINTILLATOR .. I tool Lil Dee
to see what was going on .. Tony said
that it was their Generator .. UFFFFDA
!! .. Tony indicated that they would be
ok as everything on the Boat runs off
their Batteries ( except the Air ) and
Tony said that he would run his Main
Engines now and then to keep the
Batteries charged up ..
Weather - SUNNY ..
mild breeze from the ESE ..
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Week of June 10th
location - Highborne Cay
Iguanas - Allen Cay
Allen Cay
Highborne Cay
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Sunday
- in the early morning we had a
rain cloud pass thru giving us a light
rain .. when I looked at the weather on
the Computer this morning the word
'rain' was not in the forecast until
Wednesday !! .. this is a first ..
- the population of Highborne Cay is 15
thus they do not have a lot of Shops,
Restaurants etc ..
- everyone was really tired from our
Pirates of the Caribbean Party last
night so it took us quite awhile to get
the Dinghies launched and underway ..
but once we did we headed North to Allen
Cay ( about 2 miles ) and played with
the Iguanas .. someone said that
they would not bite you .. well ask Bob
( SEA BUFF ) about the Iguanas not
biting .. see photo ..
- after spending some tome with the
Iguanas and doing a little diving for
Sea Treasures we headed South to
Norman's Cay and Beach Club at Mac
Duff's ( formally Mac Duff's Bar and
Grill ) for lunch .. when we were here
in 2005 it was Mac Duff's and it was a
well established Icon .. a Storm put Mac
Duff's out of Business and that is when
Stefan took over the Building etc and
established Norman' .. they have only
been open for seven weeks .. we all had
fantastic lunches ..
- on our way back Tony did a little
diving for Lobsters .. once back to
Highborne we put the Dinghies back on
our Boats ..
- Bob and Laurel ( HAWKSHAW ) spent the
day exploring the Island and re-rigging
their Dinghy Support ..
- with Water Makers on three of the five
Boats we have been sharing water from
Boat to Boat ..
- Bill ( LADY SHARON ) had an electrical
issue that we resolved when we found the
Electrical Smart Box ..
- later we gathered at the Shelter near
the beach of a light snack and the
Sunset ..
Weather - SUNNY at last !! ..
mild breeze from the East .. 90 degrees
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Week of June 03rd
location - Nassau
Pirates of the Caribbean Party
Highborne Cay
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Saturday
- we will be traveling from Nassau
to Highborne Cay today ..
- Bill and Tony had some last minute
Waypoints to work on before heading out
so we were not underway until about
08:30 am .. we had an uneventful trip ..
only 2 foot Seas and only a mild breeze
of about 8 knots .. but just as we made
it to the Marina the RAINS came .. once
HAWKSHAW and SCINTILLATOR were docked
and the rains died off a little we
pulled in the 'Cut' and then into the
'new' Harbour .. when we were underway
we made water with our Water Marker so
when we made it to Highborne Cay our
Water Tank was overflowing .. they have added a
number of Slips since we were here the
last time in 2005 .. by 01:30 pm all
five Boats were tied off for the day ..
- Tony and Rose's Son and his family
were planning to join us at Nassau via
their Airplane but the weather was so
bad they could not get there so they set
up to meet us here .. well the weather
is still so bad that they are unable to
fly in here either ..
- the Crew of DEE LIGHT hosted our
Pirates of the Caribbean Party .. due to
the rain we decided to have early
Cocktails at 05:00 pm ( yes the weather
is forcing us to drinking ) aboard DEE
LIGHT .. we went right from the
cocktails to our Pirates of the
Caribbean dinner that Betty had put
together when we were underway .. later
we checked out the Nurse Sharks
at the near the Entrance to the Marina
and took a walk around the Marina and
ended up sharing stories under a Hut on
the Dock and the stars came out ..
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Week of June 03rd
location - Nassau
Atlantis
SCINTILLATOR
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Friday
- our day for play at Nassau ..
well .. it was also a day to do repairs,
maintenance, etc to the Boats also ..
Tony had a BUSY day as our Chief
Engineer ( Mechanic ) ..
- HAWKSHAW has the Dinghy to take care
of and to get their Marine Radios
replaced or repaired ..
- SEA BUFF has water leaks to deal with
and an Air Conditioning Pump to deal
with ..
- LADY SHARON is trying to line up extra
Impellors for their Generator ..
- DEE LIGHT had to deal with a death of
one of our NASCRAB Crew Members ..
- and all the Boats need a day of R and
R to get ready for the next few days of
travel ..
- SITTING DUCK headed out to Allen Cay
this morning and will be spending the
next number of days in the Exumas ..
- Hurricane Hole Marina is owned
and operated by Atlantis thus the
dockage here is only $4.00 per foot ..
they share the same Fuel Dock etc .. we
are the smaller Boats in the Marina ..
- all of the Gals except Sharon took
their Bikes and went shopping at all of
the Marina Supply Shops .. what a great
group of First Mates !! .. they did
treat themselves to lunch on the Bikes
and before they made it back to the
Marina they had their own Wet T Shirt
Contest as the afternoon rains got them
real good ..
- now I feel really DUMB .. right after
the Wet T Shirt Gals made it back to the
Boats they talked Tony and I into
joining them on a Water Ferry Ride
across the Channel to the Straw Market
.. as soon as we got there they dumped
me and went off to buy cheep liquor ..
after walking thru the farmers Market I
found an Ice Cream Parlor .. Tony and
Rose joined me for an afternoon deelight
.. on my way back towards the Water Taxi
Dock I could see that it was going to
rain really hard so I hurried .. once I
made it to the Farmers Market it started
to rain .. and RAIN .. at least 5 inches
came down .. now the aisles in the Straw
Market became rivers willed with 'stuff'
that we will not put in the Trip Log ..
sections of the Canvas Roof above us
were starting to give way so we moved (
slowly ) thru the structure to the back
side where there was a main street .. we
now had given up any chance of the Water
Taxi and were looking for a regular Taxi
.. since there were a number of Cruise
Ships in the Harbour all the Taxies were
filled .. I finally found myself in knee
deep water in the middle of the street
holding up my arms to stop a Taxi .. I
got Betty and Gayle aboard and four Gals
visiting from Canada .. on our way back
to the Marina we saw many Shops that
were flooded, Cars floating in the
streets, the streets looked like rivers
etc ..
- lets see now .. we saved $8.00 on the
liquor .. paid $15.00 dollars for the
Water Taxi, paid $5.00 for Ice Cream,
paid $12.00 for the regular Taxi, etc
but 'the experience' was priceless
..
- after we dried out one more time Bill
and Sharon ( LADY SHARON ) headed to the
Casino for the evening and the balance
of the Crew went to dinner at Anthony's
for dinner where we all shared RAIN
stories .. Bob ( HAWKSHAW ) had discover
a couple of broken welds on one of his
Dinghy Supports .. Bob took a Taxi to a
Welding Shop when the RAIN came down ..
he did not mind the rain but he feared
for his life at the Welding Shop .. Tony
and Rose ( SCINTILLATOR ) were at the
Straw Market and ended up in an Alley of
18 inches of water with Rats and
Cockroaches .. we had a great dinner ..
after dinner Betty and I went to the
Casino for Ice Cream and to deposit our
$20.00 .. it did not take long at all ..
Tony joined Bill and Sharon at the
Casino and the others went to bed ..
- Bill indicated later that Sharon paid
for one of the new Towers al the Casino
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COMMENTS FROM OUR FIRST MATES
- Sharon ( LADY SHARON ) - I've
heard of pleasure cruising well, I get
the cruise part, where does the pleasure
come in ?
- Laurel ( HAWKSHAW ) - Finally
in the Bahamas ! ( my first time ) ..
hope our trip here is as good as the -
time we spent planning and waiting for
our voyage to begin .. our group has
definitely bonded through emotional and
mechanical support by all .. thanks to
our wonderful leader Betty and Marv who
simply are the best ..
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Week of June 03rd
location - Bimini
HAWKSHAW
SEA BUFF
Dinner
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Thursday
- we will be traveling from Bimini Cay
to the Hurricane Hole Marina in Nassau ..
- there is a Sport Fishing Tournament at
the Bimini Cay Marina and were told that
the starting time for Boats to head out
is 06:30 am .. we do not want to get
caught up in their wakes so SEA BUFF
headed out at about 06:10 am at first
light and the rest of us followed a few
minutes later .. the first 70 miles was
thru an area of 'skinny waters' .. ie a
depth on 7 to 12 feet but once we got to
'The Tongue' with bottom dropped
out and we had a depth of over 6,000
feet ( yes OVER 6,000 feet ) .. we had
Seas of about 2 feet in the shallow area
and Seas of 3 feet once we made it into
the deep waters .. shortly after we got
into the deeper waters HAWKSHAW
reported in an elevated voice that he
was having an issue with his Dinghy ..
it came loose on one side and all but
took a 6,000 plunge to the bottom .. we
were all within minutes of travel time
of each other so it was not long before
Bob had much advice and verbal help ..
that is just one more reason to travel
with a group ..
- once we made it to the Nassau
Harbour we all took on Fuel ( 03:30
pm ) before going to our assigned Slips
at the Hurricane Hole .. at the Docks we
were greeted by a number of 'helpful
locals' that would wash our Boats for
almost nothing .. they were all looking
for work ..
- once docked Bob ( HAWKSHAW ) got busy
repairing his Dinghy Rigging ..
- at 06:45 pm we took a Van to the Poop
Deck on the Water for dinner ..
Bernie and Barbara ( SITTING DUCK )
joined us for dinner as they are staying
at the Marina where the restaurant is
located ..
- after dinner we had a communication
problem and part of our Crew ended up at
the Docks and some of the Crew ended up
at the Casino ..everyone except
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Week of June 03rd
location - Bimini
Betty's Treasures
SEA BUFF and HAWKSHAW
Bimini Bay Marina
dinner aboard DEE LIGHT
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Wednesday
- we will be spending the day at Bimini
exploring and relaxing .. I spent some
time laying out our 'revised' Route from
Bimini Bay Marina to our next Port ie
Hurricane Hole Nassau .. I delivered a
copy of all the Waypoints to all of the
other boaters .. after first light Betty
took a long walk on the Beach ..
- about 09:00 am HAWKSHAW headed into
town to take on Fuel .. since Bimini Bay
is still under construction they do not
have their Fuel Dock set up yet ..
- MarineMax will be hosting a Fishing
Tournament at Bimini Bay starting this
weekend .. they were busy all day
brining Boats in and doing all their
preparations for the Tournament ..
including a number of Swim Gear Models
.. sorry - no photos ..
- all the Gals except Gayle spent the
afternoon shopping in the downtown Shops
.. after shopping they decided to have a
,Pitch-In' Dinner here at the Marina ..
- SEA BUFF has developed a water problem
that must have been caused by the Seas
yesterday .. Bob and Gayle spent much of
the afternoon cleaning up the water mess
..
- in the late afternoon we had a good
HARD rain for about 45 minutes .. just
before the rain came Bob ( HAWKSHAW )
hosed down and cleaned his entire Boat
at 50 cents a gallon .. Mother Nature
cleaned all the other Boats and did not
charge extra for the water at all ..
- the Gals decided that they would like
to prepare dinner instead of going to
one of the few local places .. Tony was
put in charge of securing Lobster and
did he do a great job .. 14 huge
Lobsters for $50.00 total right off the
Fishing Boat ..
- everyone prepared something for the
dinner .. Bernie and Barbara ( SITTING
DUCK ) were able to join us and we all
enjoyed a most deelightful meal aboard
DEE LIGHT ..
- we also had a brief Skippers Meeting
the next few days ahead .. it was noted
that the Gals were getting tired of the
long days at Sea .. and it was also
decided that the three Boats that are
doing the shorter trip will go back to
their original plans to return by early
July ..
Weather - overcast and it almost
rained in the morning ..10 knot winds
from the South ..
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