Spanish Wells

We spent the morning snorkeling at the nearby beach, the water was warm and clear. There weren’t a lot of fish but enough to make it interesting. When we got back to the boat Richard and I dove on the anchor to see how it was set. The moment we got in the water we saw a large Sting Ray right beside us on the bottom. Richard was pretty interested in checking it out but I was more about hiding behind Richard, he said that I was trying to drown him! The anchor (Rocna) was only partially set and we had had a pretty rolly night so we decided to more around the corner for more protection. Well that was a bad idea as we spent the next two hours trying to set it with Richard diving on it about five times only to find out that it was still not dug in…. We finally gave up and moved back to our original location but further in so that we would be more protected. Well our troubles followed again as we couldn’t get it set, Richard changed to the Danforth and luckily that set right away. It had not been a good afternoon but we did have a lovely Lobster dinner to look forward too! I asked Richard to take a picture of the meal, I guess that I should have been more specific I thought he would take it with the food on the plates….

The next day we were on the move again with Royal Island being our destination. It was a nice protected anchorage but nowhere to go ashore and not very scenic. We had a quiet night and in the morning Richard climbed the mast to check out the VHF radio connection and the anemometer . He found that the VHF connector was corroded so that is on our list to pick up.  Then it was time to head for Spanish Wells, which was only about five miles away.

     Spanish Wells is a lovely little town where you can find most conveniences. We filled up with diesel and Richard went across the street to pay for it… the next thing I saw was him returning in a golf cart which he loaded our Rocna into and he was off again after muttering something about some guys and a boat shop… I was entertained by a guy at the dock named Carwash who wanted to know how he could get to Canada. Richard returned a short time later with our newly modified and sharpened Rocna which he quickly gave a fresh coat of paint before putting it back on the bow. Once at our anchoring spot the new and improved anchor dug in better much to our delight!

    After a quick lunch we headed in to check out the town. It is a very busy town with golf carts speeding everywhere, we really felt uncomfortable walking around the narrow roads with the traffic! We checked out some stores, shared a smoothie while everyone was glued to their devices as we had not had wifi for awhile… and picked up a few groceries. It was very hot out and we had walked a least a couple miles so it was nice to get back to the boat to a cool drink!

     There is bad weather in the forecast so we decided to head to Hatchett Bay Harbour (Alicetown) in the morning for protection.