March 3-9th Wind - Waves - weather

After Ron and Natale left we took the opportunity of being in a marina to wash the salt off the boat, fill up the water tanks and take a nice long hot shower, the last for a while. We moved back to the anchorage area and settled in.  The winds kicked up that evening and were really strong the entire week. The temperature cooled down from the 80's it had been during Rons visit to 70-74. It was very cloudy all week as well. The boat was constantly swinging  and on Wednesday a storm blew through causing a few boats to drag anchor. We were pleased that we held throughout the storm. We went to shore for part of each day to get a break from the swing and chop but that meant preparing to get wet as well.  I had no trouble finding places to explore in town.  I tried to arrange a visit to a local school but had little success. Hoping to get that done before I leave the Bahamas.  On Friday the wind settled and the sky was clear. Friends from two other boats decided it was time for a change of scenery. Soon after they left we also felt a change was a great idea so we followed them over to Man-O-War.  We anchored outside the marina in a small cove. It was a great anchorage.  We dinked to shore and walked over a dune to the ocean side to walk along the beach. At low tide a sand bar appeared in the anchorage. We would all dink to the sand bar for happy hour. I found some wonderful "treasures" there. Lots of sea biscuits, beautiful shells and conch shells that had been thrown overboard after the conch was removed. We enjoyed Friday and Saturday at the anchorage.  On Sunday the winds blew in again and it was very uncomfortable. Laughter was bouncing and turning in half circles. Duel Dreams decided he was moving to a better protected anchorage.  After another hour of the bouncing we decided to move as well but there was a delay in our exit. One engine would'nt start. We started the second engine and the geni and after about 15 minutes, engine number 1 started and we were on our way. Now there is a new project added to the list. Why won't the engine start.

                                                           dinghy happy hour

If you look closely you can see the ocean on the other side of the island at this narrow point

Peanut actually followed us around in the shallows the entire afternoon then climbed in the boat to rest. Unfortunatley she chose the bucket that was filled with the shells I found.