Every hour is happy hour

As much as we enjoy the places we've visited we still enjoy getting out and sailing. Tomorrow, 26 April we will be doing a 50+ mile sail from Spanish Wells to Little Harbor, Abaco across open ocean. From there we will work our way up through the islands to the northwestern most point to jump off for an overnight sail to St Augustine, FL sometime around the 5th or 6th of May.

Today we rented a golf cart and drove around the islands. Absolutely beautiful. Unlike the other Bahama islands we've seen everything here is clean, in repair and functional. The restrooms actually have soap and hand towels. Spanish Wells is obviously a prosperous area with the nation's fishing fleet and real commerce. There doesn't seem to be lots of tourists and no mega-yachts although a faiir amount of cruisers.

We crossed the bridge over to Russell Island and drove to the end of the road. Along the road were lots of fruit groves of bananas, mangoes, papayas and of course coconut. There were many large and very well kept homes. There is a new beach bar opened over there, the Sandbar that we stopped by for a view.

At the end of this island was a very nice park and the water was just incredible.

Weather tomorrow is forecasted to be squally with winds out of the south-southwest at 10-20. Should give us a good beam reach all the way to Little Harbor and give us the chance to run at 8 kts the whole way. Should be a great ride.

So next update should be from Pete's Pub in Little Harbor or maybe someplace else.