Time for an update!   We did get a new elbow made for the exhaust system, and we rented a car to drive to Marsh Harbor to pick it up on Friday afternoon.  Then up early Saturday to take advantage of having a car we drove to the settlement called Cherokee south of Marsh Harbor.  It is a quaint little town of 300 people.  They do have a school.

We left Treasure Cay on Sunday morning and crossed the Sea of Abaco to Great Guana Cay.  We

hooked onto a mooring ball and hopped into the dingy to head to the Pig Roast at Nippers.

Nippers is an ocean side bar on a hilltop.  It is very colorful and has two pools and great views.

Bentley loved all of the attention he received and helped clean the deck of any dropped morsels of 

food.  The next morning we walked the town, which took about a half an hour, and found the

house where our friend John was born.  

We headed south in rainy, windy weather towards Hope Town on Elbow Cay.  The entrance is 

shallow, so we decided to anchor to wait until high tide which would be around sunset.  We put 

out an anchor, but we weren't able to get it set, so out went another anchor.  We still found that

we dragged 200 feet in the 20+ knot winds.  So not a relaxing wait, but finally made it into the

harbor before dark.  Again a mooring ball, but plenty to chose from as there are very few boats

here.  We have found that there are far less cruisers this trip, maybe because we are two or three 

months earlier than our last trips or lots of sailors are still waiting to cross over.  This November

has been unusually rough weather wise.

Leaving Hope Town this morning I figured this would be my last chance to have internet service until

we reach Eleuthera.  We hope to cross over the Northeast Providence Channel on Thursday.  We miss you all and hope you continue to follow our progress.