What Propane

March 19,2015

Black Point

Great Guana Cay, Exumas

Bahamas

Today was the day we were told we could finally get propane. We had been waiting since Sunday to get some.  We had to pass up a trip Windbird and Constance were taking in order to get propane. But the availability is so scarce that we felt we had no choice since it runs our dinghy motor as well as our cook stove.  We had our tanks over to the appointed location at 10 and guess what?  We were told no propane today, maybe next Wed. To say we were upset is to put it mildly.  We looked for a way to turn the day around.  I suggested we dinghy to the Staniel Cay Yacht Club since we were so close anyway and have lunch. We did and the lunch was nice. After lunch we went to the liquor store which is also the laundromat and bought rum for the boys and some more salsa for us.  While Lee went to pay for rum at the Blue Store I stayed at the Laundromat/liquor store and watched the tennis channel with the lovely lady who works there or maybe owns it, no clue. Unfortunately Lee had forgotten to turn off the propane tank when we docked the dinghy at the yacht club so more propane leaked off pointlessly.  We went back to the boat and left Staniel Cay behind heading to Great Guana and Black Point.  There was hardly a breath of wind so we motored the whole 7 miles. We anchored off Black Point around 4:30. 

We hope to get some computer internet stuff done tomorrow, logs out etc.  The Laundromat at Black Point seems to be closed and it is the primarly source of internet, so no internet close.  We will rest and relax for 3 days, top off water tank, grab some fresh milk and veggies when the mail boat comes in Friday and be ready to go again when we regroup with Handleys on Monday afternoon at Big Major Spot.