Today the winds were predicted to be and actually were calmer than they had been for some time so we stuck our noses out onto the Sea of Abaco with the dink. It was smooth enough and there were no whitecaps so we kept going. Nothing of interest going over and the trip went well enough. We made it across in about a half an hour. The GPS data has been updated to include the round trip.
While over in Marsh we said hello to a number of folks we have traveled with and then continued into town. In town we did some shopping which included a cheapo usb cam so we can have video conferencing with Skype. Again, if you don't have this I recommend it for long distance calls unless your calling plan includes them. Besides the video option makes it much more fun.
After shopping we stopped in at Boat Harbour where the dink was tied up to burn off the dock fees at the Tiki Bar with a burger and a beer. As it turns out it was 25 bucks to park the dink but it can be used as credit so we used it for lunch. While we would have enjoyed lunch elsewhere like the Curly Tail Bar which overlooks Marsh Harbour, the food was good here. A great burger for only 12 bucks (yeah, only 12 bucks hope you catch the sarcasm).
Going back to the dink I saw the name on this boat and thought it would be a good change for Freedom.
Deb doesn't think so.
Moving on we took off and when we got outside the break water the wind had picked up and if you looked at the GPS tracks you will see we had to head towards Hope Town to quarter seas so as to have a smoother (not smooth by any stretch) ride back.
Half way across we saw the dolphins right in front of us! It's different when you are in a dink instead of Freedom. It makes you want to skulk down into the dink if you know what I mean since we are the ones out of our environment and at a dissadvantage.
Finally getting across we could beat back down to Sea Spray since we were in the lee of Elbow Cay thus the water layed down quite a bit.
A good day on the water.
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