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Hi to all that faithfully check everyday but no blog! We are in the Yacht Club to have the $10 a day internet so we are staying for lunch! We are anchored much farther out from the yacht club and high winds and seas prevented us coming in. Our anchorage is superb though and wonderful. We have been doing a load of wash a day, hanging to dry and working away on small projects on the boat (ie: Paul had to take apart our toilet once again, yes, it is a man's job).

I did write some emails so they are ready to cut and paste and send right away as I'm afraid to lose our internet connection anytime.

We went to a beach gathering yesterday and lo and behold we met someone else we have a connection with! A small world indeed. We know Kyle and his girlfriend from Stuart's Sunset Bay Marina. He worked there and lived on his small sailboat he just bought last year. I remember him so much because he is exactly the same age as our son Matthew. He moved out of his parent's house into a sailboat. We did not know he was travelling to the Bahamas and here he was on the beach drinking a beer. His boat is a tiny little thing and it's name is MegaYacht. I remember days earlier hearing people call the MegaYacht on the VHF and commented who the heck names their boat “MegaYacht”? Good for these young people to explore now before all these commitments creep up on them.

We provisioned today as the “Mailboat” came in with all the good stuff. You know you have been gone a long time when you see iceberg lettuce and almost hug it to death. I was so happy to see that head of lettuce! I did get the good stuff, like eggs, milk, butter and tonic water for the gin!

Last night we were invited to another powercat for munchies and drinks around 6pm. So off we go, we don't turn down invites to “go out”. It is not often one sees another powercat, we are the odd ball in the anchorage. This powercat is lovely. It is always interesting to see different layouts. This couple boats for 3 months, lives in Abacos and North Carolina. They were interesting and have owned many boats over the years. We meet so many interesting people down here.

Paul rushed over to a very small sailboat in the anchorage with a fire extinguisher as there was smoke coming out of the engine room big time. Another boat also came to the rescue. It turns out that this sailor started his diesel engine for the very first time while here. He actually sailed the whole way! (yep from Florida) He never once started his engine, and when he did today, it would not go off when he wanted it to. It was then burning its own engine oil. You can imagine how much smoke. In order to stop it running they stopped the air going into the intake. .. rags and a board. Very scary! Wouldn't you test your engine BEFORE travelling anywhere?? Maybe it is just me. Always action here in the anchorage. Fun watching the tourists coming with bread to feed the fat pigs here at the pig island. The squeals are from the tourists (like Jalyn and Sam when they saw them for the first time, piglets and all).

lovely rainbow here in the Staniel Cay

The British government leased the base of George Town, Exumas to the U.S. Navy for a seaplane operation during WW II. The local economy benefited from profitable employment, but only the remnants of the seaplane ramp remain in Elizabeth Harbour today. After the war, beginning of tourism happened for all of Bahamas.

Numbers.....

54 Days in the Bahamas

12 Guests came to visit

24 Hamburgers were served (or should I say flameburgers that turned to minis)

9 Episodes of Blue Bloods  Season 1 watched (thanks Matt B. for my birthday present)

9 Cases of beer were on board

4 Cases of Kalik (Bahamian beer) were brought on board

6 Special ordered breads from the Yellow house bakery in Staniel Cay

3 Times I snorkeled the Thunderball Grotto

7 Servings of a chocolate martini!

5 Outings to a restaurant (yep, since Jan. 16)

92 Bottles of Soda Stream pop were made on board, diet pink grapefruit is the favourite

4 Times Paul had to take apart a toilet to fix (psst... so far)

2 Quality Street Chocolate tins were eaten (mostly by guests ;-)

6 Nights at marinas in Bahamas (so far), rest anchored out

47 Degrees Celcius was read one day when Ben and Sam were here

738 Miles travelled since Stuart, Florida

315 Gallons of fuel