Nassau 1-14-07

Sunday, January 14, 2007 – Nassau

We left bright and early, and although the winds were somewhat less, the seas were still very choppy. Nassau was about a five- to six-hour sail and for me, this was a little tough in these conditions. A strong current set us back a little but we finally pulled into our slip at the Harbor Club Yacht Club at around 5 p.m. Met our dock neighbors, Paul and Mary Murphy of Houston on a beautiful Island Packet, Sea Otter, as well as Bob and Chesley on Cygnet, a pretty Tayana. We searched for a restaurant with some local food nearby and ended up at Jumbey’s with fajitas..oh, well, so much for local food although the fajitas were very good.

Spent the next couple of days in Nassau, taking advantage of free Internet at the Starbuck’s across the street and the shopping area there which included a grocery store, a hardware store, housewares, books and liquor—what more could you want!! We also walked around the town trying to find some boat supplies that we needed. Mike believes that when we use a part, such as the extra impeller, we should buy two to replace it, a theory I believe is sound. We had to stay an extra night in order to get some supplies for the watermaker which proved surprisingly difficult to find. We spotted our friend, Tom, on Tuesday stocking up groceries on his bicycle. He brought some water purification tablets back to us later on out of the blue!! Unfortunately, that was not what we needed. Bob of Cygnet gave Mike some pointers on the Single Side Band (SSB) radio on which we listen to the weather each and every day. He also told us about the Cruiseheimer’s Net at 8:30 a.m. every day where various boats check in from as far away as Mexico and Roitan up through the Bahamas. It turns out that Bob will be giving the ham radio test in February in Georgetown, helpful information.

In the evenings we went with Paul & Mary, Bob and Chesley and new dock mates, Steve and Paula of Adios, to the Poop Deck for drinks and free hors d’oeuvres—the best conch fritters!!! Tom even joined us and brought us Marti Brown’s SSB for Idi-Yachts which we were wishing we had bought.