We're on the hook! That's maritime speak for we are anchored. We're just off the harbour front in Harbour Island. The island is very pretty from the bay as it is quite high (by Bahamian standards) and covered with foliage and trees. Later when we took a walk some of the banyan tree's are very old and have huge bases and provide a lot of shade.
I made reservations to dive with the dive outfit for Wednesday and Thursday so we had an open day on Tuesday. Eric, Jane, Elizabeth and Christy moved Devante's Dream from the anchorage at Harbour Island to a nice beach just north of here on Man Island. During our trip over from Spanish Wells we saw a sailboat anchored just of the beach so we knew that we could get in. We anchored in just about the same spot.
The beach is very remote and the only way to get to it is by boat. A few other small boats came in while we were there and even the dive boat came over and dropped off a large family so it wasn't quite as private as we would like but it was still nice.
We dinghy'd into the beach with our snorkel gear so that we could check out the shallows around the beach. There was quite a bit of marine life which Elizabeth is expert at finding. After a while we went back out to the boat and cooked hot dogs on the grill for lunch and marvelled at the scenery.
I made reservations to dive with the dive outfit for Wednesday and Thursday so we had an open day on Tuesday. Eric, Jane, Elizabeth and Christy moved Devante's Dream from the anchorage at Harbour Island to a nice beach just north of here on Man Island. During our trip over from Spanish Wells we saw a sailboat anchored just of the beach so we knew that we could get in. We anchored in just about the same spot.
The beach is very remote and the only way to get to it is by boat. A few other small boats came in while we were there and even the dive boat came over and dropped off a large family so it wasn't quite as private as we would like but it was still nice.
We dinghy'd into the beach with our snorkel gear so that we could check out the shallows around the beach. There was quite a bit of marine life which Elizabeth is expert at finding. After a while we went back out to the boat and cooked hot dogs on the grill for lunch and marvelled at the scenery.
While we were hanging out on the boat Elizabeth spotted dolphins in the bay. They came right by the boat and other people were swimming with them so she practically had to. Christy and Jane joined her and even got some underwater pictures. Elizabeth said they were "huge" in the water. 
After lunch we talked about setting up the windsurfer and what that would entail. Putting everything in the dinghy and getting is on the beach so that we could set it up, etc....
Elizabeth seemed pumped to do it so we rested for a while and then got to work. It took us about an hour to shlep the stuff to the beach and setup the sail. It took longer to setup the sail as it was only the second time that I had done it.
As with Mike and BIll we tied a rope to the windsurfer so that it couldn't get too far. Elizabeth and Christy tried many times to make the board go, which they succeded at, and to make it turn, which was a little harder. We were the scenery for some other people that were on the beach as well.
So we were in the blazing sun for about 6 hours and since we were working directly on the surface of the water it was like a huge mirror shining the sun directly into our faces. Eventually I could not stand the sun any longer and we headed in (or out in our case).
Elizabeth seemed pumped to do it so we rested for a while and then got to work. It took us about an hour to shlep the stuff to the beach and setup the sail. It took longer to setup the sail as it was only the second time that I had done it.
As with Mike and BIll we tied a rope to the windsurfer so that it couldn't get too far. Elizabeth and Christy tried many times to make the board go, which they succeded at, and to make it turn, which was a little harder. We were the scenery for some other people that were on the beach as well.
So we were in the blazing sun for about 6 hours and since we were working directly on the surface of the water it was like a huge mirror shining the sun directly into our faces. Eventually I could not stand the sun any longer and we headed in (or out in our case).
Back on the boat we turned the generator on and tried to cool down our baked bodies. We finally left Man Island at 6:15 PM and anchored back in Harbour Island bay. We beath the heck out of this day!
The wind was dying so we ran the generator at night so we could have air conditioning. It's a trade off as the generator is very loud and vibrates but the lower humidity makes it nice to sleep. Christy did not like the generator vibration. Elizabeth slept right under it though and she was fine. I didn't like it because I was worried about how much fuel it was using but it turned out to use hardly any at all.
Eric
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