Date: March 7,
2020
Location: Stocking
Island, Monument Beach
Weather: Winds
near 30 Knots
Total Engine Hours:
1521
Crew: Bryce, Veronica,
Ruth, Greg
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| Bryce and Veronica |
A dear friend texted me last Sunday reminding
me how blessed I am to have our children visit us on this adventure. Bryce and Veronica are leaving this morning
and it was truly a blessing to have them.
They spent only two nights of their vacation aboard the boat but we spent everyday together. On day three they moved to the Regatta Point Hotel,
which is a beautiful, classic, 4 room hotel built in the mid 1960’s by a man
and his wife from San Francisco. We
anchored Pura Vida near Regatta Point during their stay. Nancy, who still owns the hotel is a wonderful, sweet lady. We enjoyed our visits with her. Ruth and I also spent time on the hotel grounds,
which is a peninsula or point extending into the harbor. Bryce and Veronica caught and released
several small fish including grouper and squirrel fish from the rock
edges of the grounds. We spent time with
them on Stocking Island and George Town visiting many of the sights and restaurants. One day Bryce rented a jeep that we drove
the entire length of Great Exuma. Stay
Left Mon! Between us we took many pictures,
so I’ll let them tell the story. Bryce
and Veronica, thank you for coming. We’ll truly miss you!
We moved the boat from Kidd Cove off Regatta Point yesterday, knowing a strong norther would be blowing in
Saturday morning. After spending the day
with Bryce and Veronica, we dinghied back to the boat last night to await the blow. I noticed a boat had anchored too close for comfort just south of us. I contacted them
and being French Canadians, they spoke only broken English. After several misinterpretations, they finally agreed to lengthen
their rode and we shortened ours; thus, creating more space between our boats. The rain arrived with a slight wind around
midnight followed by strong winds around 2 am.
We are expecting strong winds up to 35 knots for the next four days, so we’ll
spend most of it on the boat.
Blake and Chris are to arrive next Thursday. We look forward to their visit.
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| Owner of Regatta Point, Nancy. |
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| Regatta Point Entrance |
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| How far to Houston? |
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| Ruth finds all of the starfish. |
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| Baby grouper caught and released by Bryce |
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| Bryce atop the monument |
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| Stay Left Mon! |
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| A beautiful beach, a beautiful family |
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| A southern Great Exuma Island beach |
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| Salt Marker to guide ships to the Salt Ponds |
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| Bryce chowing down on lobster |
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| Ruth teasing a shark |
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| The Tropic of Cancer at Williams Town |
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| Crab Cay Ruins |
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| A proud dad with his son |
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| The Hideaways |
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| A beautiful sunset from Regatta Point |
