All the kids dying their eggs for Easter
Sabrina off Side-by-Side dying her eggs
Pat off Scalliwag, Me, Shirley off Cat's Paw, and Betty off Son of a Sailor at the pot luck
One evening a group of some 35+ cruisers went to Club Thompson Bay for one of Tryphena's great dinners. She puts on quite a spread of Bahamian dishes, always with a hug!
That's me in front of the Club Thompson Bay mural
Cruisers gathering for dinner at Club Thompson Bay
Photo of a catamaran (Kao Kai) anchored near us at sunset
One day we took the boat up to a bay off of Chez Pierre, a little resort on Long Island so we could make water on the boat. While we were there, a couple had a kayak on shore that got away from them and by the time they saw it, it had gone way off shore. The only thing they had to go get it with were two single person kayaks, so they started paddling themselves out to it. One stopped by our boat and asked if we could keep an eye on them. We saw they finally caught the kayak, but by then, they were way out in the cruising lane. So we put the dinghy down and went after them. They were very thankful we came out to get them as they were really tired. All the while, their wives were worried sick about them on shore.
Our "Rescue at Sea"
One of the cottages at Chez Pierre
Pretty Penny off Chez Pierre
Running Tide anchored in Thompson Bay ready to be towed over to George Town for the Family Island Regatta. Running Tide is an A Class boat which is the largest class.
On the Monday after Easter, Long Island had a little mini-regatta of four C Class boats. It seemed like the whole island showed up for the event. All the cruisers came in to enjoy the food, music, and to watch the races.
Photo of all the four boats nearing the mark near us - It in't right, Sacrifice, Beerly Legal, and Surprise
Beerly Legal
Not sure which boat this one was
Sacrifice broke a boom in the last race and had to be towed back by their support boat
One of the boats in the race
They were selling Conch Salad at the regatta site during the race and this truckload of conch was used to make it.
We rented a car for two days with Cat's Paw. We went south the first day and then north the second day. These are photos taken from our road trip.
This is supposedly the ruins of the oldest Anglican Church on the island.
The alter inside the church
We stopped for lunch at Max's Conch Bar where we watch Max make our conch salad.
Mac and Shirley off Cat's Paw at Max's Conch Bar
We stopped at the yard where they work on the various racing boats. This photo is of a B Class boat called "Pinta" that they claim will be ready to go in time for the Family Island Regatta in less than two weeks! We will be very surprised to see this one make it.
Pinta under construction
We stopped at the Blue Hole hoping to catch some of the divers practicing. They plan to have a World Championship competition in a week here.
Blue Hole
We stopped to look at the newest A Class boat being built on Long Island to be named "Rough Justice." They are still working on the mast for this new boat.
Rough Justice
Mast under construction
We didn't stop to see the Catholic Church in Clarence Town as we've been there recently, but I took this photo of the church from the town.
In Dunmore, there are some caves to explore, but you need to crawl in and we had no lights with us, so we forgo going in to check them out.
Entrance is in the lower right of the photo
The second day we went north on the island and explored the ruins of the Adderly Plantation founded by a loyalist. This photo is off the old Cook House.
Cook House
Plantation House
This appeared to have been a store house as it had a divided basement.
Bob and I and Mac and Shirley by this giant cactus we found on the path to the ruins
We stopped for a great lunch at the Cape Santa Maria Resort. This resort sits on Calabash Bay where we have anchored a couple of times. It makes for a great anchorage, except when the winds are from the West.
Cape Santa Maria Beachfront and Condo Units
One of the double cottages at Cape Santa Maria
We stopped at a beach on the far north end of the island that last year was just completely loaded with plastic flotsam. Two weeks ago the local school children all turned out for a beach clean-up day and were joined by some of the cruising families as well to clean up this beach and we hardly recognized it as the same beach. A very impressive clean up was done here.
North end beach
We then went to the Stella Maris Resort Beach to enjoy the sun and view (as well as a Kalik or two).
Stella Maris Beach as viewed from Moonshine, their beach bar and deck
Bob enjoying the view and a Kalik
Bob cooling off in the Tidal Pool
Moonshine Bar as seen from the beach
We stopped for dinner at the Blue Chip Restaurant where Mario, the owner outs on a great spread of Bahamian food. Outside the restaurant he has goats, sheep, and chickens.
Mario's Sheep
This guy would have attacked us if he could have gotten off the rope
Some other photos around the island
Mike and Jackie (partners that run the Long Island Breeze) put in a terrific new dinghy dock this past year. All the cruisers love the new dock
Wreck of an old mail boat
Osprey nest on top of the crane of the mailboat wreck
Local produce being sold at a little farmers market. (Long Island is one of the few islands where any produce of any kind is grown on this very rocky land)
This "musical" contraption was built of beach junk and left by its builder on the beach.
Herd of goats being raised by a local farmer
We have thoroughly enjoyed our visit to Long Island again this year. We will be heading back to George Town tomorrow and will stay there through the Family Island Regatta, then, weather permitting, we will cruise to Cat Island and Eleuthera, both islands we have not visited before.
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