We have recovered from yesterday’s very long day. After a great 6 hour sail with favorable winds we arrived in George Town and saw that the supply boat had arrived. We bypassed the usual anchorage and shopped in town for 3 hours for an overdue major reprovisioning. Then another hour to move the big boat back across the harbor and squeeze into a somewhat crowded anchorage at sunset (never mind getting all that food and supplies stowed away). We were all knackered. Early to bed for all last night!
Rejuvenated today, we headed out to explore Stocking Island after a little school work. Some dolphins surprised us right in the anchorage! We hiked up to the Monument (one of those must do tourist things). Great view of Exuma sound and the anchorage. It was fun to do the hike with lots of other kid boats too. Then we dinghied down to Chat n Chill beach which has dozens of picnic tables in the shade right off a gorgeous beach. Chat n Chill is a little grill shack on land that hosts several volleyball courts, hammocks and an awesome tree swing for the kids. Another kid boat commented that the recent wave of arriving boats has roughly doubled the kid population in the anchorage. Line ups at the swing today!
One amusing thing about being near a large number of boats is that blowing the conch horn at sunset triggers responses from at least ten nearby boats with their own conch horns. It’s a bit like alpenhorns echoing in the mountains of Europe, but perhaps not quite as well tuned!
Fun Afloat 