Finally left the dock in Bullocks Harbour, spent the first night on the anchor just outside of the harbour, such a good feeling to be away from a dock! We left early the next morning and headed down the Berrys making it as far as Frozen Cay. It is a private island with a Bone Fishing camp on it, luckily no one was around so we picked up Ken and Merydie and headed in for a swim and walk on the beach. The water was beautiful and the beach was loaded with live Conch, a lot of them were out of the water so we tossed them back in deeper.... Nothing smells worse than a rotting conch...except maybe the water in Riverside Marina;(. After our swim, walk and a tour around in the dinghy we headed back to the boat, Richard hit the sack at 820... That's a record for him!
We left early this morning for Nassau... 730 is early by our standards, Quick Sticks had a good jump on us as they were gone by 540 but we caught up to them just as they were entering Nassau Harbour! Saw four large cruise ships in the harbour, two we had seen in our travels. We took on some fuel then headed out to the anchorage, after securing everything we headed into town to pick up another gas can and an impeller for the outboard. Our new dinghy and motor are wonderful and Richard loves to get it up on a plane but it sure goes through fuel fast!
Nassau is known for its high crime rate so for the first time we will be locking ourselves in our boat tonight, usually we sleep with just a bug net over the hatch and companionway but we will latch the hatch and put the boards in tonight. We also have ensured the motor is locked and dinghy is up on the Davits and cable locked to the boat...don't like feeling this insecure in a spot:( but there have been lots of reported of break ins...
Tomorrow we hope to head for Allen's Cay and get some swimming in, bad weather is headed our way so need to get to some shelter in a few days...
Thumb tacks on the cockpit floor makes for a good burglar alarm.
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