Day 329, Saturday May 17th

Day 329, Saturday May 17^th

Back with the freighters

We get off the dock by 8:00 quite easily as the wind is minimal and the fact that Julie has become very skilled at the helm.  We are hoping to be able to sail as the winds are forecasted from the Northwest and we are going north.  Sadly we struggle to keep the sails full.  At least the winds are not too strong so we make reasonable headway.  We have targeted to make Fisher Bay on the south side of the peninsula Deltaville is on.  By 1:00 we have been bouncing along into the waves and head west into the anchorage.  It takes an hour to reach the dock where we have decided to purchase a bit more diesel fuel to ensure we don’t run out and to get a pumpout.  There are no workers around, and no one answering the radio so we tie ourselves up and go to the office.  They tell us it is self service so we head back to the pumps and put in 30 gallons.  Seems weird to fill our own tanks as it is illegal in Canada but is standard operating procedure in the States and Bahamas.  You would think we would be use to it by know.  Oh well old habits die hard as they say. 

Got to sail for a while

Next is the pumpout but the machine says we need a token so up to the office Dawson goes again and pays for the token and the fuel.  Back at the pumpout machine he realizes the clerk did not provide a token so back up to the office he goes.  This time we are ready to go.  Again self service on the pumpout.  We read the instructions....it seems to kind of be working, but Dawson calls on the intercom to make sure it is doing its job and we get the manager out to assist.  Yes, turns out everything is good, and we enjoy chatting to the manager.  In a short time, Dawson has gleaned the highlights of his life which are interesting.

Back on the boat it is now almost 3:00 and we head for the anchorage.  We have anchored here before and it is an easy, safe spot.  It only takes 30 minutes to get all organized and we are in relax and domino mode when we see Braveheart enter the anchorage.  We have not seen Braveheart since Georgetown Exumas in February, but we quite enjoyed meeting them, particularly Mary who was one of our fellow Bridge players.  Sadly none of us wanted to get our dinghies disconnected so we just visited using the radio, but it was still exciting to reconnect after such a long time.

The evening stayed quiet, and we enjoyed a nice glass of wine with dinner and again called it an early night.

Cheers

Julie and Dawson