So I planned on writing in this blog each day and I must say, that's not going to happenJ It appears that there is so much to do here that I never even get this computer out and quite frankly don't want to either. So I'll catch up to date with the latest goings on…As reported earlier, we made it to West End on Wednesday and departed there on Thursday in route to "Green Turtle Cay"..Jen and I departed an hour prior to the rest of the gang because we just wanted to travel through the Bahama Bank on our own. And because we didn't want the pressure of being the slowest boat and making the large boats travel at our pace. We also are seasoned enough to navigate through the Bahamas alone. So we headed out at 7:00 AM sharp and made our way to Green Turtle. The trip took about 5 hours and it was absolutely beautiful. There is nothing like traveling in a boat and not seeing another vessel for miles.
Upon arrival, we stopped at the fuel dock and were surprised to only take on 148 gallons of gas. Our little boat made a 5 hour trip in under 30 gallons/hr. Wonderfun is rated at 32 gallons/hr not including the generator consumption. We ran the generator the entire trip and it is rated at 1.5 gallons per hour, so that means the engines consumed approximately 141 gallons…Awesome! I attribute this to taking our time and not trying to keep up with any schedules or faster boats.
While we were at Green Turtle we took the MarineMax dinghy out for a little lobster hunt. Dan, Larry (A.K.A. Larpy) my wife and I were going to go out an "slay" a boat load of lobster…Well after four hours of snorkeling, we finally bagged three of these ever elusive delicacies. I say "we"..I found a couple of them and Dan speared them. My wife bagged the first one of the day on her way to help spear the ones I found. So once again, I didn't catch a lobster…Maybe todayJ
We departed Green Turtle yesterday (Saturday) and headed south to Guana Cay at 8:00AM. Dan (MissMax) led the way and we followed. The trip was only 15 miles and we were traveling at approximately 22knots which was a nice comfortable pace. We arrived about 45 minutes later and set up camp. My wife and I enjoyed the local beach and tried snorkeling for a little while, but our suntans couldn't take very much more. Dan invited us to travel with him on the MarineMax boat to Marsh Harbour to pick up his sisters and his girlfriend due in around 5:30 PM…so, off we went. I must say, there is a huge difference traveling on a 58' Sedan Bridge versus a 32' Sundancer.
Until next time…
M
