North Long Island

On Thursday, in preparation for meeting some of our neighbors coming to the Stella Maris Resort and Marina, we up-anchored and left the Thompson Bay area and headed North to the Stella Maris Marina area. The marina is on the Bahamas Bank side, while the resort is a few miles away on the Atlantic side. We will rent a car to get between the marina and the resort and use for touring the island.

Thursday morning we woke to probably the calmest day we have seen in the Bahamas, either last year and this year. I first thought the boat was grounded. We went over and used the Internet at the Long Island Breeze and Bob went shopping for a few grocery items. Carl and Debbie were there doing email and laundry from Diva, and them the folks from Rachel showed up, Julie and Mike. We had not seen them since Sampson Cay. It was a “Hi – Goodbye” for now. We may see them again back in George Town for the Family Island Regatta that we are thinking of attending.

The trip north was calm as we expected. Sailboats were motoring it was so calm. That is a strange sight here in the Bahamas where it seems the wind always blows. We anchored just outside the marina for the night. We will probably go into the marina on Saturday and Sunday because the winds are expected to be in the 20 -25 knot area and we will be more comfortable.

Bob made us a nice dinner of grouper, sweet potatoes, and salad and we set up the little table we have on the back of the boat and enjoyed our dinner and sunset. It was the calmest dinner we have had. I turned on the Sinatra XM station and we listened to the melancholy tunes of the old crooner. What peace!


Peace and Good Night