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Hey All,
Came into Emerald Bay Marina yesterday, along with Bill and Margee on Tortuga, from Little Darby Island. A 5hr motor sail in some pretty choppy conditions, however we did catch a small Blackfin Tuna and a Mahi-Mahi. Nice being back here again. Our first time this year. It really spoils you with FREE washing machines/dryers, a well stocked supermarket(by Bahama standards) and a great liquor store nearby with free transportation. Of course the showers are phenomenal and there is a beautiful lounge complete with pool table, TV and sitting area. All this for $1/ft per night.
After leaving Lee Stocking Island we went to Black Point and visited the school which we delivered all the supplies to from home. They were very happy to see us and could not thank us enough. We had dropped them off during the Christmas break so we did not get to see them in action. Needless to say Robin was "summoned" to teach the following day. Corbett took some pictures of the teachers and kids. We were invited to Rev Kevin Rolle's, also the Police Chief, surprise birthday party. A real feast! This is still one of our very favorite places. The next day Robin went over showing the Math teacher, Mr Musgrove, how to make copies of the overhead tranparencies and a few more teaching tips.
We also met up with Solitare, another Morgan Classic, and had a happy hour. The next evenings happy hour was on First Edition, they are from Roseland,NJ, along with Wind Dust and Solitare.
Finally we moved on down to Musha Cay. We anchored behind this very private island. Google it. After some exploring the surrounding cays we moved down to Little Darby Island to meet up with Totuga who was already anchored there. This was only two miles away but, a whole different place. This island and Big Darby are also private but you can go onshore with permission. It also houses a small marine research center for the Univ. of Miami. The islands are separated by a 100ft wide cut. Big Darby was, so the stories go, once the home of a WW2 Nazi sympathizer. He built this fortress like mansion on the top of the hill and supposedly sent secret messages from there. In the 70's and early 80's it was taken over by drug smugglers and the two islands had three airstrips between them. Now only the remnants and stories remain, save for the research center, and a few private homes on Little Darby.
The following day SunCat and Two Of A Kind showed up and we had a great happy hour catching up. We have not seen them since Margee's sister and boyfriend,Jan and Larry left some 10 days prior.There was some really nice snorkeling and beach combing to be had.
That evening we were all invited to a reception on the research vessel Coral Reef, which was at the dock. They were on a two week cruise of the Exumas along with grad students and professors. What a great bunch of "way underpaid people". The amounts of work they do in the name of science and humanity is nothing short of exhausting.
The next day Two Of A Kind headed north and we stayed a couple more days before leaving SunCat there as we needed some serious restocking of fresh produce.
All for now,
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