At anchor at Soldiers Cay. The Berry Islands, Bahamas. 2/13/17
Today we left the marina about 9am. We were barely out of the harbor when we saw a sailboat coming toward us that we recognized. It was Windbird. Judy and Mark Handley owned this boat and are the people who we buddy boated to the Bahamas with 2 yrs ago. The boat has been bought by another couple and this is their first cruise in her. I got a few snap shots of Windbird to sent to Judy.
Lee settled up our bill at the marina and we stopped at the fuel dock before we left the harbor. Our fuel gauge said we had 7/8th of a tank. Which would mean we needed about 8 gal. Of diesel. At
$4.25 a gallon that would be $34. I had given Lee $60 and he came back for more. I said, that is too much. After we got out of the harbor I asked what the fuel cost and he said, $127 I think. I said that can't be right. When we stopped this afternoon he figured the engine hrs at 8/10th of a gallon an hour. We should have used around half a tank. Our gauge is nuts. We will have to track our engine hrs and not depend on the gauge or we will run out of fuel in the middle of nowhere. I hated to think they had cheated us because we have found the Bahamians to be very honest.
Winds were all over the place today. 3 to 20 kts, from almost on our bow to almost on our stern. We put the sail out when we were headed in a favorable direction to catch good wind.
The bilge pump is not cutting off on auto all the time. Sometimes it does and other times it does not so you always have to be checking it. The freezer light started blinking red again which meant it was unhappy. We shut it off for a while and when we turned it back on it did not blink red, but is up to 36 degrees from 23. We have had trouble off and on with both of these issues. When we get home we will have to try to fix what ever is behind it.
No see 'ems at the marina yesterday and last night were vicious. I am eaten up. They even bit Lee and insects never bite him.
Our anchorage is an uninhabited island called Soldiers Cay. It has a beautiful beach and clear turquoise water. We got here about 2pm. We have a little motion from swell but nothing too bad as long as the wind stays down.
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