Nassau

Yesterday afternoon things got exciting. The winds had been quiet high in the harbor overnight and John slept in the cockpit to keep an eye on our anchor. The guides all caution about poor holding in Nassau Harbor. We held fine but by the afternoon several boats had moved and re-anchored and 3 boats dragged. One large cat deployed their dinghy and attached a line to two of the smaller dragging boats that had no crew on them and tied them off to a huge ship mooring ball in the harbor so they would not drag into another boat or the docks until their crew returned. Good people.

This morning several boats in the anchorage left as the winds were down to 17-23 knts. Most ,according to their check out with Harbor Patrol, seem to be headed to Norman's Cay. You have to request permission to both enter and leave the harbor and when you leave you state your next intended port. We will leave tomorrow and head to Allan's Cay.

We think John got the new antenna to work. We can't get into the web unless we pay as they are all blocked, but we did get the pay sites to come up from the boat so we think the antenna is working. The restaurant, Green Parrot, that allows cruisers to use their dinghy dock and drop trash for $5.00 a bag, also has free wifi from 11:30 a.m. to closing but it was not on the list of possible sites. We carried the Mac into shore with us yesterday afternoon. Most often we feel that we should buy something if we use their wifi although they are a bit pricey.

Last night during happy hour at the Green Parrot we met a couple from Ontario, Canada (Cherry and Doug). Very nice people. They are on a Cal 39 called Momma Cal. They have a tiny Yorky type dog named Pinot. We visited for over an hour comparing experiences. It is always helpful to know that others have problems and scary moments as well. Sometimes it feels to me like we are the only ones.

Today John is making us a step for the side of Spunky's hull so we can have a step up out of the dinghy. It gets pretty hairy trying to climb back into Spunky when she is bobbing up and down in the waves and wakes of other boats.

We are sitting at the Green Parrot and I am going to send this out. Don't know when next wifi access will be.

Love you all,
Elyse