A Day In The Life

There are no typical days cruising in the Bahamas, but these are some of the things that may happen in a day,

Wake up to sunrise - usually at the bow of the boat - with predominantly easterly winds, the bow will be facing east.

Breakfast:

Pull up the anchor if we are moving:

Arrive at our destination and put the anchor down. I like to snorkel out to look at the anchor to make sure it has dug down and we are secure. In a busy anchorage, I will hold up a pool noodle while swimming so that people in small boats and dingys can see me in the water. Rinse off the salt water.

 

If we are near a town, then we will take the dingy in to the beach or dock to see what groceries are available. In this case at Staniel Cay, we shopped at the Pink store.

Lunch - we are too lazy in the morning to make pancakes for breakfast, so we will sometimes have them for lunch instead.

Afternoons are spent exploring, swimming at the beach or reading on the boat.

Gunter usually cooks dinner on the boat, but one evening in Black Point we decided to go to the local restaurant and discovered there was a band playing and $4 beer. Seating was limited so we shared a table with a very nice couple Jeff and Mary who were from Detroit originally but now basically live on their boat most of the time. They own a catamaran which was built in England- they had to ship it to the states on a freighter as Covid travel restrictions were in place.

Most evenings we see a glorious sunset and last night we were treated to the full moon.

And that’s a wrap!