Marsh to Lynyard and back to Marsh

March 23

Left the dock headed for Lynyard Cay about 9:45 and arrived at Lynyard about 2:00p.m. Greg and Jack had to dive under our boat and Jacks boat - fishing line was involved.  Greg and Jack took the dingy to the island to do some exploring.  However Jack forgot his shoes so Greg had to go alone.  My camera needed charging so I was going to wait to go to the island.  By the time Greg and Jack got back, we decided not the get the dingy off and go ashore.  That night we had pecan crusted salmon and a home made peach cobbler, that was promised to Jack and Greg for diving under our boat. 

March 24

We left Lynyard Cay about 7:30 in the morning and again our windlass did not work.  George is really going to be buff. We all were prepared for a long day.  We were expecting to get to our next anchorage just before dark.  It was an unfamiliar anchorage for us and we needed to get to it before dark. We were going to Royal Island through Little Harbour pass, which meant we had to go through some open water.  The wind was blowing much harder than the weather forecast predicted.  The waves were 4 feet to 7 feet on the nose.  George and Jimmy, on Celebration got a little woozy. After about 2 hours of the seas not letting down, all of us decided to turn back and anchor at Lynyard Cay again. We need to allow enough time to get to Lucaya before the other wives fly in.    

 We were all a little disappointed that we could not make that passage.  We got back to Lynyard about 10:00 a.m. This time I had my camera charged and I was ready to go explore the island.  We walked and walked and walked trying to find a path to the other side of the island with Greg leading to way.  We walked through miles of brush but we did not give up. We finally find the path that lead over to the other side.  It was will worth the effort.  The view was amazing, and as we looked down we found a piece of sea glass.  We were hooked.  Hunting sea glass is very addicting.  Greg went one way and George and I went the other.  We found a lot of sea glass.  Some pieces were worth being made into jewelry.  It was hard to stop looking but we had not prepared to stay so long in the heat.  We had nothing to drink and we were in long sleeves. After getting up so early, a rough sea, and exploring the island, we got back to the boat and  passed out from exhaustion.  Martini tried to call us but we had inadvertently turned off our radio.  Celebration had soup for dinner and Martini had spaghetti. 

March 25^th

We woke up earlier to hear the weather forecast in hopes to continue on to Royal Island, but it appears that the seas were going to be the same so we opted to turn back to Marsh Harbour.  Jack’s sail had a minor tear in the sunbrella part of his sail, and we again wanted to get our windlass fixed.  As it turned out it was a great day of sailing back to Marsh Harbour.  Martini asked permission to pass on our port…..Jimmy and George was to have none of that…..we had out our genoa, and the main sail. So when we saw they were passing, we put up the staysail, everyone was surprised how much difference the staysail made.  It was a shame they could not keep up enough to take some good pictures of us under our three sails…. Just kidding Martini we love you and your dingy Olive.

We got back to Marsh Harbour and Bill, a fellow boater called a guy, named Bryan that rebuilds motors; again this was a Friday afternoon.  He checked out the windlass and said he believed it was the solenoid.  George asked if we could buy one from him and put it on ourselves, if not we were going to have to wait until Monday. George was to go with him to his shop and get the part and take a taxi back.  Instead, Bryan loaned his car to us and our new friend Bill.  As it turns out Bill who helped Rey, the dock master, catch our lines when we came in was a good electrician. When Greg volunteered Bill to put on the solenoid, he cheerfully agreed to help. As we talked to him, we realized the man lying in our “basement”, a small compartment where we store stuff and where some of the electrical stuff is located, was a physician from Australia.  He was a very interesting “bloke”, to use one of his terms. We all went out for dinner at Snappas. We had a wonderful time talking and visiting with such a fascinating person.   Meeting people from different places and backgrounds has been one of the highlights of our trip.

March the 26^th

Today was another lazy day.  We did wash, bought groceries and planned our trip to Guana Cay tomorrow. Low tide in at 9:00 tomorrow, so we will leave about 12:00 noon. 

Martini under sail