Last post from the Bahamas

We had a great week with Ben and Alexis.  The wind has become very light, but we’re slowly making our way back to FL this week.  We expect to be back on the mainland early next week and there will likely be no communication between now and then.  Sorry moms.

Then we’re starting up the east coast according to our most recent plan.  Could arrive in Boston Harbor middle of June or so.  We’ll see.

Does anyone know what the balls in the picture labeled “mystery-balls” are?  They are thin-shelled, crunchy spheres, like hardened shellac bubbles.  No sign of a seed or larva inside.  They covered a forest trail by the millions.   Our guesses include: tree seeds, ant waste or larva, and potting soil additive.  So, we can’t even answer the question “animal, vegetable, or mineral?” !

Lots of weather

Here are some nice pictures without much commentary.  Yes, that is a water spout.  We’ve had some remarkable weather this past week.  We’ve managed to keep Perspective safe, but we were up for a good piece of the night four days ago helping a large (50+ ft) catamaran get off of the rocks.  During a midnight squall, it drug its anchor into a nasty karsty shore.  In a hard blow a cat is an unwieldy piece of flotsam no matter which way you turn it.

It’s not obvious in the picture of the beautiful anchorage, but we have three anchors out.  It’s always interesting figuring out how to set three anchors, and often times, more interesting figuring out how to weigh three anchors.   We were expecting big squalls in a small anchorage hole and didn’t want to move around too much.  This is also where we caught the big Mutton Snapper in the picture.  We stuffed ourselves for two meals and then invited friends over to stuff ourselves for a third meal and then sent them home with the leftovers!

Capt Sharkbait is well.  He earned his second merit badge in swimming: successfully swimming to and climbing the swim ladder onto the swimdeck.