Bellatrix

29 March 2015

Georgetown, Exumas

We are still here. Bathing suits, French Press, came in. We had Nancy and John ship them to an air freight company in Fort Lauderdale then they were shipped to “Doe Boi’s”, a broker in Georgetown. The cost of all items was $200, $140 to the broker for duty, processing fee, and brokers fee. Total $400. You need to bring everything you need. Duty is also paid on the item, US taxes, and all shipping costs.

We went  sailing a few days ago out in the ocean. It was a beautiful day with light winds. As usual we were dragging our cedar plug on the clothesline. We hooked and landed a Dolphin (Mahi Mahi). We have lost a few fish trying to get them in the boat so I climbed into the dinghy we were towing and brought the fish into it. It was 44” long and very pretty. I cleaned it in the dink and brought the chucks aboard to fillet out and put on ice right away, best Mahi ever. We still have some in the freezer.

Cold front came through last night, it’s cooler today and cloudy for the moment, 75 degrees. It’s been 80 during the day and 75 at night. We are waiting for the weather to pass to take a trip to some of the other out islands. Maybe Cat Cay, San Salvador, Conception, or the Jumentos. We will return to Georgetown for the “Family Regatta”. The Bahamians have a series of races of the boats shown in the last post. The boats are similar to the “Log Canoes” sailed in the Chesapeake. They have shallow keels, ballast is from loading rocks in the bottom, very large sails, and hiking boards that the men climb out on to counter act the force of wind in the sails. It is also a large party for the week they are racing.

For the time being we are passing the time. Robin goes to water aerobics in the morning, then we go to the Chat & Chill beach, met new people or go to the ocean side beach for walks 

and time by ourselves. There are always new people on the beach with stories of places they’ve been, helpful hints and lies. It’s all fun. We cleaned the bottom of the boat the other day, it’s surprising how little growth accumulates down here. Of course we move the boat a lot also.

After the regatta we may start making our way back to Baltimore. There are some things I’d like to change or add to the boat. We are considering spending the summer in Baltimore and then start back down in September.

Thanks to all who are following our blog and a special thanks to Bill for his encouragement. 

They really "light up" when first caught

Dinner tonight

Brandon, marine biologist, living on a boat in the Bahamas, an interesting guy

"Chat & Chill" Burgers, chicken, conch burgers, ribs, beer and rum 

Note "Baltimore Hon"

Kids having fun

Georgetown version of the baths

Robin having fun

Our favorite beach

Water Aerobics

Bella enjoys water aerobics