Staniel Cay Yacht Club Pirate Party

Every year, the Staniel Cay Yacht Club has a Pirate Party on the 29th of December. People flock to the club from all over the area, plus a number of large megayachts cross over for the party. We were anchored off the docks of the Yacht Club, which was about half full at 4 PM yeaterday, and watched about 6 megayachts arrive before sunset!

We enjoyed our dinner watching the arrival of all the yachts and listening to the radio traffic directing them all in to the dock - not unlike the radio traffic of airplanes and the airport towers.

People started arriving for the party around 8, some in costume and some not. We put together our costumes from what we had on board. We have a toy parrot on board, and we decided to take him with us. The parrot looks pretty real and since it moves remarkable like a real parrot, it really fooled a lot of folks from a distance and thrilled the Bahamian children that cruised through early in the evening to see all the costumes.

 

Bob and I and the parrot

 

Clay and Rita-Kay

 

Debi, Bruce, Paul, Bob and I

 

Eric on Compass Rose and pet bird

 

Rita-Kay, me, and some of the revelers

 

Pete of the boat Scooter

 

More bedecked revelers

 

Another colorful costume

Some of our friends, used to early bedtimes, did not join us, but many did including Rita-Kay and Clay on Carleigh, Paul and Susan off Independence, Pete and Chris off Scooter, and Bruce and Debi off Different Drummer. A great time was had by all!

Today there is a free cookout paid for by the regatta committee and a fund-raising auction. We're looking forward to this next event!

Pipe Creek

We spent Sunday afternoon exploring Pipe Creek near Sampson Cay with Shirley and Gigi. These are some underwater photos Bob took with our digital camera in an underwater case. We thought they came out well.

 

Fish swimming in the Mangrove roots

 

Brain Coral

 

Glad I didn't stand on this

 

Conch shell in hiding

 

Coral and Conch

Bob took this of me when he was testing the camera case - I was reading my email.

 

That is Oconee in the background

Christmas at Sampson Cay

We hope all our friends and family had a wonderful Christmas.

Christmas morning, we woke to rain that occurred off and on all morning. Each time it stopped, we saw a rainbow - 6 altogether!

 

One of the rainbows

Later on Christmas day, we moved our boat back to Sampson Cay area to have dinner with Cat's Paw, Oconee, and our friends on Independence, My Sharona, Mattina, Scooter, and Different Drummer.

 

Bob and I arriving at the marina for the Christmas Party taken by Vic on Oconee

The marina had really dressed up the restaurant for Christmas and the entire staff had on santa hats and red shirts!

 

Table decorated for the dinner

 

Gigi of Oconee with staff

 

Shirley of Cat's Paw in a "Dolphins" Santa Hat (her favorite team)
Gigi and staff

 

Our Table

 

Table for Different Drummer, Independence, Mattina, My Sharona

 

Bob with Sharon and Wayne on My Sharona

Saturday, we headed off to explore a nearby island and enjoy some reading time of the beach.

 

Bob off exploring

 

The beach

 

View of rock formations near the beach

Vic and Gigi stopped by for cocktails in the evening. We were treated to a spectacular sunset!

 

Vic and Gigi

 

Good Night!