Marsh Harbour

Being the largest shopping area in the Abacos, the harbour and Marsh Town is a very busy place and it has the feel of being in Florida. We were in desperate need of finding a place to fix our Iphone, which wasn’t charging, and after a lot of walking and asking around we found a guy at a pawn/computer store who thankfully was able to replace the connector for us. We then headed on to the grocery store before making our way back to the boat.

     Boaters are a very friendly and a social group of people, so shortly after arriving we had a couple dinghy over for a visit. They hail from Martins River and are neighbors of people who we know from our home church. They are on a Cabot 36 – Old Sam and also know a lot of the LaHave Cruisers. They were quick to point out several other Nova Scotia boats in the harbour so we will have to do some visiting.

    Wifi and our phone are our lifelines here and fortunately we have been able to pick up free wifi in most spots with our booster. Unfortunately here, we haven’t found any free access that isn’t password protected. We did find a bar with a signal that we could pick up so we headed over for drinks and the password. Like most things here it took us a lot longer than anticipated as we ended up stopping to visit with Malakai and Chances and then went for a tour of our neighbours boat, a Pearson 422 that Is one of the boats that Richard has been interested in seeing. So by the time we finally got back to the boat the winds had changed direction and we could no longer pick up the signal for the password!

The next day was the annual “worlds shortest St Patrick’s Day Parade”.  Everyone was dressed up and we walked  about 200 yards to a kiosk where there was free drinks. After this was about another 200 yards to Snappers bar and grill for another free drink and Irish food if you wanted to buy any. It was fun and we stayed until the sun was going down. Our plan was to get up early the next morning to go to Man O War Cay, which is only a few miles away.

Richard has taken to pretending to be a cowboy.... Actually a lot of cruisers do this as it keeps your behind dry.