Sailing to Hope Town

Josh Wegner arrived on Thursday on the late flight. He got situated in Summer Snow and then we went over to Snappa's for a little food and beer. Back at the boat we talked and laughed until late. Morning arrived revealing another beautiful day and we walked down to Jamie's for breakfast and then got ready to set sail. We managed to get off the dock at 11 AM with Dennis's help.

We sailed to Hope Town on a beam reach in a brisk breeze . We had a nice sail but I was anxious to get to the harbor entrance because we need a little tide help to get in the harbor. We fired up the diesel part way there to speed our progress but we had a soft grounding on the way in anyway. No big deal, we backed off and slowly felt our way around the problem area. Once in the harbor general we had good depth.

I radioed in to the Hope Town Marina and Aaron, the marina manager, was there to help us with our lines. They have a special deal right now, you can stay in the marina or hang on a mooring ball for the same price. Let's see, walk to the shower in the morning or dinghy in to the shower in the morning? I thought about it for a millisecond and took the marina option.

We secured Summer Snow and then took the marina provided dinghy over to Captain Jacks for an early supper and then to the Sugar Shack for ice cream and coffee. We returned to the boat and did our phone calls before retiring with our books. Tomorrow we plan on a big day of sailing on the Sea of Abaco. The wind should be 13 - 17 out of the SE so that should make for a lively sail.