Hope Town

Marsh Harbour was a nice place to wait out winds due to the good holding and availability of provisions. While there we heard over the radio that, with the right equipment, we could get some Florida network channels. We were successful in catching Saturday’s playoff games. In Jacksonville, it had become Myron’s habit to watch football games with Stuart on ‘Clementine.’ We both mentioned that it would be nice to be watching the games with Stuart again. On Sunday during the first game, I stepped out in the cockpit to check our position with the other boats when I heard a sweet child’s voice calling out my name. To our delight, we saw Clementine preparing to anchor nearby. We jumped in the dinghy to welcome them to Marsh Harbour and invite them over to watch the football game. Stuart and Myron enjoyed the first half of the GB/NY game while Kylie, Sami and I played a few board games. I could not think of a better way to wait out inclement weather.

On Monday, Kylie and I did chores in town and later took Sami out for an ice cream. We had a wonderful fish dinner on board Clementine that evening, tag-team cooked by Stuart and Kylie, preceded with a Catch Phrase game. Myron helping out Sami with Catch Phrase game:

From Marsh Harbour

On Tuesday, it was hard to separate from our friends, but they were headed for Man-O-War Cay to visit with friends and we were headed to Hope Town and then south, timing a weather window to exit the Abacos. We just assume we will see them again, somewhere.
We arrived at Hope Town inlet near high tide, as it is too shoal for us at low tide. It is always interesting coming in to an unfamiliar place, but add to that a shoal and tight inlet, as well as a tight harbor and I could say we were a bit on edge. We found a double green mooring that had a vessel name, however the boat next to us said it was available. We were thankful for that information because it would have been difficult in the strong winds to weave around the boats to get to the one and only other mooring available to us. We are thankful to get the second to last mooring, although our backup plan was to anchor outside. The lighthouse beckoned us to visit, one of the most photographed lighthouses around.

From Hope Town

From Hope Town

We will leave Hope Town near high tide today and stage to cross to Eleuthra. We do not expect to have internet for quite some time, so we will load pictures and movies while we can.

Below, please enjoy some video from the lighthouse:


Love to all,
Dena
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