Spanish Wells

Hello from Spanish Wells,

We sailed to Spanish Wells this morning from Hatchet Bay. We didn't think much of Hatchet Bay. If I wasn't such a nice person I would call it a dump. We had no wind and motored the whole way. The sail to Hatchet Bay was one of the best of our time here in the Bahamas. We only made minor adjustments to the sails and probably averaged close to 6.5 knots.

Spanish Wells was settled by English Loyalists and people from England who were looking for more religious freedom. John Wesley stopped here for 6 months and the area has a strong Methodist background as opposed to most of the Bahamas which were Anglican. The island is prosperous and they think of themselves as primarily Spanish Wellsians rather than people from the Abacos or Eluthera. The island is very prosperous. Because of weather we plan to be here a couple of days. I think Monday we may rent a golf cart to tour the island.

Elyse has instructed me to limit my reports. As soon as I mention something is working well it breaks. Suffice it to say, we are having a good time. Life continues to be good. We continue to meet great people. We followed a boat in today who called out the depths to us because it got very shallow. We walked around this afternoon with Moose. We are on a mooring ball in place of an anchor.

We plan to spend the next month in the Abacos and then cross back to Florida. We will probably sail up much of the East Coast and avoid some of the Intracoastal Waterway.

Hope your life is good. We love hearing about your life.

The gang on Spunky, John, Elyse and Moose