N 26 32 88, W 77 03 49 Marsh Harbor, Great Abaco
Greetings Everyone!
since our last entry we sailed to Rock Sound about 15 mi. north
. We anchored here for about 4 nights. During this time Marty began showing signs of what we diagnosed as a urinary tract infection. Rock Sound is a very remote settlement without a vet. However we knew one did come to the area once a month. We miraculously located the woman who is responsible for arranging for the vet. She happens to have 14 cats and is a pseudo vet herself. She was wonderful! Phyllis Kemp gave us IV fluids, syringes, medicine and even special food. I gave Marty SQ fluids 4x in 24 hrs, plus the antibiotics and special food. He turned around and had a complete recovery in 7 days! We were so grateful!
. We anchored here for about 4 nights. During this time Marty began showing signs of what we diagnosed as a urinary tract infection. Rock Sound is a very remote settlement without a vet. However we knew one did come to the area once a month. We miraculously located the woman who is responsible for arranging for the vet. She happens to have 14 cats and is a pseudo vet herself. She was wonderful! Phyllis Kemp gave us IV fluids, syringes, medicine and even special food. I gave Marty SQ fluids 4x in 24 hrs, plus the antibiotics and special food. He turned around and had a complete recovery in 7 days! We were so grateful!After Rock Sound we headed to Alabaster Bay, still on the island of Eleuthera. We were anchored here by ourselves for 4 nights, just beautiful! The only thing around was a very nice resort called Cocodimamas. Owned by a couple of Italian's. We hiked through an old U.S. Navel
base that was active in the 1970's for missile tracking (VERY nice location, right on the Atlantic) to the Atlantic ocean, had the whole beach to ourselves. From there we sailed to Spanish Wells, a predominately white Bahamian city. The native white people are called "conchy joes"! It is a dry city!! We got re provisioned, propane, and laundry done then left for Royal Island where we staged to do a crossing to Great Abaco Island. This crossing is 56 miles across the Northeast Providence Channel, wide open to the Atlantic. The weather prediction was as follows: E winds 15-20K switching S, chance of showers/squalls containing 30-40 knots. Since we were headed north we thought we would take it as it would be another week before we had another window to go. We pulled the hook at 0700 and headed out into swells of 3-4 feet, E winds at 15. By noon we were in 8-10 ft seas and the wind began backing to the NE! Bummer! We had full main and jib out and were making about 5.7 knots until about 1400 when we had to triple reef the main, pull in the jib and start the engine as Johesa just could not hold her course. Another hour and a squall hit. The winds went to 28K but back to 20 shortly after. It pretty much rained the entire rest of the trip. We got through the Little Harbor Cut using our chart plotter as we could not see much between the rain and clouds. Reefs on each side and 8-10 footers pushing us through, it was very exciting. We anchored just inside the reef. The next order of business was to get the dinghy down and Jess to shore. Quite a feat for Bill and Jess but they got her done and everyone back on board safely. We spent the night rocking and rolling until morning. Poor Marty was sick all night. By morning things calmed down. We headed the 21 miles to Marsh Harbor and this is where we remain. Another big blow is expected tomorrow, 30-40 knots out of the NW. We and about 30 other boats are anchored and will be hunkered down for that. This is hopefully the end of the major squalls for this area.
base that was active in the 1970's for missile tracking (VERY nice location, right on the Atlantic) to the Atlantic ocean, had the whole beach to ourselves. From there we sailed to Spanish Wells, a predominately white Bahamian city. The native white people are called "conchy joes"! It is a dry city!! We got re provisioned, propane, and laundry done then left for Royal Island where we staged to do a crossing to Great Abaco Island. This crossing is 56 miles across the Northeast Providence Channel, wide open to the Atlantic. The weather prediction was as follows: E winds 15-20K switching S, chance of showers/squalls containing 30-40 knots. Since we were headed north we thought we would take it as it would be another week before we had another window to go. We pulled the hook at 0700 and headed out into swells of 3-4 feet, E winds at 15. By noon we were in 8-10 ft seas and the wind began backing to the NE! Bummer! We had full main and jib out and were making about 5.7 knots until about 1400 when we had to triple reef the main, pull in the jib and start the engine as Johesa just could not hold her course. Another hour and a squall hit. The winds went to 28K but back to 20 shortly after. It pretty much rained the entire rest of the trip. We got through the Little Harbor Cut using our chart plotter as we could not see much between the rain and clouds. Reefs on each side and 8-10 footers pushing us through, it was very exciting. We anchored just inside the reef. The next order of business was to get the dinghy down and Jess to shore. Quite a feat for Bill and Jess but they got her done and everyone back on board safely. We spent the night rocking and rolling until morning. Poor Marty was sick all night. By morning things calmed down. We headed the 21 miles to Marsh Harbor and this is where we remain. Another big blow is expected tomorrow, 30-40 knots out of the NW. We and about 30 other boats are anchored and will be hunkered down for that. This is hopefully the end of the major squalls for this area.
So as nighttime falls and Marty comes down from the solar panels looking for food we will sign off for now. Hope all is well with everyone and you people in MN try to stay warm, spring is right around the corner.
This is Johesa clear, standing by on 16 & 68
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