Time to make the best of another rainy day. Bill, Steward and I walked the beach. Stew loved it!
The afternoon cleared a little so Argonaut and Marlin Striker decided to take our dinghy's to Staniel for lunch. After lunch we headed over to Bitter Guana Cay to feed the iguanas.
The day turned much better so after feeding the Iguanas we headed to Black Point. By the time we reached Black Point it was getting late so we decided not to go ashore.
Our traveling companions who are on their way home, left Highbourne today and headed to Nassau. Due to higher seas, approx. 5 feet following, the group decided to go west and cross over White Bank instead of venturing across Yellow Bank. This was a good option in light of the Howard's boys flying out of Nassau on Friday. It is our understanding that the Howard's, and Houlders are in Atlantis Marina and the Mager's and Spiller's are at Nassau Yacht Haven. Howard's and Houlders are expected to move to the Nassau Yacht Haven after the boys leave because the weather and sea conditions are making it look like they are going to be there for awhile. The long range forecast looks like it will be next Thursday before they get a weather window.
Thursday, May 17, 2018 - Day 36
We awoke to another day of overcast, rain and high winds (20-25 with gusts over 30 kts.). This was a good day to stay close to the boat and watch the shows in the marina. The shows were not all good, due to the high winds and strong current. The marina completely filled with boats mostly larger than ours and at times 2-3 entering the narrow harbor entrance at the same time. One boat, Temptation, which is a charter boat out of Staniel Cay, gave every boat and every person in the marina a scare. The captain, Joel, tried to dock on the end next to Argonaut and during the approximately 30-45 minute attempt, he managed to break a pile, completely tear off a cross bar, and caused one man to fall into the water when it was decided that the lines that were attached to the dock needed to be cut before the entire dock went into the water. After the lines were cut, the boat drifted around the inside of the marina coming VERY close to all of the docked boats such that one at a time crews ran to move their tenders and other "toys" before they became crushed. Now your question might be what was the problem, did the boat have a mechanical problem? No, just a captain that did not know how to operate the boat properly and in addition had wind, current, and lack of good crew all accompanying the captains poor judgement and bad day.
Friday, May 18, 2018 - Day 37
More overcast and the occasional rain, wind gust of 30-35 knots. We all (Whit, Mary Ann, Bill and I), played Sequence all afternoon. We did a Mexican dinner and then fed some food scraps we had been saving to the sharks.
At least we have a good "camping" spot and the island is pet friendly.
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