Day 157 Paradise continues

Day 157, Tuesday November 26

Dawson bailing the dinghy of a couple inches of rain

We wake up to clouds.  Toby and Joanne leave today.  We join them for breakfast and Cathy comes over to say hello and as we are chatting she mentions that her tennis was cancelled due to rain and the person she plays against is from Elliot lake.  On a whim we ask the names and wouldn’t you know it is Pat Sharpe.  Dawson knows Pat from the mining industry and both of us have been on Pat and Diane’s boat when they were in Spragge at the North Channel Yacht Club, small world.  We decide we will surprise them later in the day by popping over to the yacht club they are moored at. 

Pat and Diane Sharpe with Dawson and Catherine Dorman

Dawson heads for a run and gets soaked.  It is not raining until about 10 minutes after he leaves.  It just pours rain.  A nice run even in the rain, you could not said that back in Sudbury.

We then meet up with Catherine and head over to Leeward Yacht club to surprise the Sharpes.   Pat is somewhat dumbfounded and we head up to the Lizard lounge for a happy hour to hear Sharpe’s Dream (their boat name) story.  They left Sudbury area 4 years ago heading off to do the loop.  Down the Mississippi and then back up the east coast to the north channel.  They have now been in the Bahamas for 3 years.  Dianne said they have enter an "Infinit loop" but are quite enjoying it.   A real fluke we crossed paths.

Catherine's unsafe tracker

After leaving Leeward Yacht club, we head over to Catherine’s to check out her beach house.  Catherine is from Toronto and down in Bahamas for 6 months on a sabbatical from routine life.  Her pad is just lovely.   Another happy hour and then the 3 of us head over to the resort for dinner and then call it a night.

Cheers

Julie and Dawson