We spent a few days anchored in the Georgetown area. We went into town, bought a few groceries, namely fresh produce and homemade coconut bread. Let me tell you that homemade coconut bread makes about the worlds BEST french toast!
The town's largest grocery store has a dinghy dock that you can tie up to for anything you want to do in town, so we had a great place to put the boat while we wandered around.
On Sunday we attended Clear Water A/G church, which is located about 3.5 miles to the north of town. I contacted the pastor through facebook, and he made arrangements for someone to pick us up, saving us a rather long walk! Oh, the wonders of technology! Since we had the offer of a ride, it was easy to talk another boater into going to church with us. ("You have to go to a Bahamian church to see what the Bahamians are really like...")
The service was GREAT! This church had the friendliest folks I've met in the Bahamas, some of which we saw in town the next day. The music was great, and it was interesting singing many of the songs I know with a Caribbean beat! The pastor, Duerre Thomas is an anointed young man and a great preacher. They only had a morning service, none in the evening.
I explored much of the area with the Whaler, and found a few great anchorages, far better than the place we'd dropped the hook. South of Crab Cay there are some anchorages in sand bottom that have protection from every wind angle; and whose depths are not marked well on most charts. I suspect this would be a great area in the winter when many anchorages are crowded.
I found several blue holes, some good areas to snorkel, and enjoyed puttering around a bit.
I imagine this area is much different during "season" when hundreds of sailors and cruisers spend the winter here. There were more boats here than we'd seen since the Abacos, but still not very many. We've been off the beaten path pretty much since Abacos to here.
Georgetown hosts the Bahamas Family Islands Regatta the last week of April, and that sounds like it would be a lot of fun. The boats must be designed, built, owned, and for the most part crewed by Bahamians. The race begins from an anchored position at a gun shot start. The sailors must pick up anchor, hoist sails, and navigate the course. Must be exciting to see!
On Monday night, we had a thunderstorm that passed through with winds 40-50 kts switching to the west, and we our anchor wrapped and drug, necessitating re-anchoring. I had mentioned to Allen the anchorage we were in was not good holding, but we had stayed anyhow to access wi-fi. In the morning, the storm was the talk of town. A couple of unattended boats had broken loose and were high and dry on various sandbars. We managed to top off our fresh water tank to within 5-10 gallons. Nothing like a good rain when you need the water!
Tuesday morning we departed to the north, continuing our exploration in the Exumas.
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