Saturday 4 January 2014

Day 191, Monday December 30th

Day 191, Monday December 30th

Our second day in Nassau starts off with a coffee.  Plan for the day is to do a little work around the boat, pickup our water maker pump and then dinner with a business associate.  The plan works out sort of.

We install a rope clutch for the furling line something which was much needed, clean the bilge out, and wash down the boat.  Dawson makes some calls to get our water maker pump from the UPS shipper in Nassau.  We had shipped the pump for the water maker back in November from Marsh Harbour to be rebuilt in California and had it shipped to Nassau to be picked up by us.  Well some phone calls and it was starting to look like our plans for getting the pump back without duty was starting to fall apart, but that will be a story for tomorrow.

After our phone calls we make a trip into town to pick-up some items at the marine shops including some fishing tackle to replace our most recent losses.  On our return we have a swim and then head out for our dinner.  We are heading over to Dave Fennels house, Dave is a director at Torex Gold where Dawson used to work.  The trip starts off well with a cab driver who is not happy to have a fare across town.  He whines for the 1st 10 minutes about the time it will take and then proceeds to drive us around Cable Beach area.  In the end we had to pull out the ipad to get him back on track.  Dave has lived in the Bahamas since 1994 having purchase the Sigrist House.  The home was built in the 30’s in the classic English Manor House with multiple rooms and houses on the property.  There were 13 people at dinner including work associates, neighbours, as well as friends from his football career in the CFL.  The meal and company was excellent and we get a ride back from the house manager around the 11 o’clock mark.   An excellent day in Nassau.

Cheers
Dawson and Julie

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