Long Island

Hey gang,

We are sitting in Thompson's Bay in Long Island. We are just south of the the Tropic of Cancer so we are officially in the tropics. The line goes through Simms which in the next bay north. We are able to get online here with our new Spot antenna. We bought it from someone who turns out to be in Wewahitchka, FL not far from Panama City. When I ordered it I asked if they would include some Tupulo honey which special and only comes from Wewa. He said no. It enables us to get Internet on the boat. The antenna, not the honey.

It is beautiful here. The wind in the Bahamas blows from the southeast. When you sail into the wind you say you are sailing upwind. Because of that people say they are sailing down north our up south. It can be confusing. Long Island was Christened Fernandina by Christopher Columbus when he landed here in 1492. The Island is 80 miles long and 4 miles wide at its widest.

This is a delightful place. It's as far south as we will go. We will start working our way back up the island and then plan to sail to Conception which is east of us and then start back north. We plan to reach the Abacos by the first of April. We are not in a hurry. This afternoon I have boat chores. We bumped a reef leaving Georgetown so I will swim down to be sure everything is ok. I will probably clean off the prop and prop shaft. They were starting to grow things the last time I looked. If we were in the states I would probably hire a diver.