The anchorage in Marsh Harbour is huge. And there are many boats anchored out. Some of them, never leave the anchorage for weeks or even months. But most of the yachts are transiting on there way towards their destination. Many of them are coming from the Exumas, where they spent the winter time. Now, with the warmer weather, they are headed north, through the Abacos to cross the Gulf Stream. Some leave their boat somewhere in the South, some proceed to their home, wherever that is.
Marsh Harbour is the commercial center in the Abaco. If you are looking for any kind of supplies, this seems the place to be. If you are looking out for nice beaches and crystal clear water, you may have to search somewhere else.
Upon arrival, we were starving and decided to treat us with a lunch in the Conch Inn Martina restaurant. Some conch fritters and a fish burger with Grouper was just about the right thing to make us happy.
On Saturday, we went on a dive trip with Dive Abaco. We had to be at 9.00 am at the shop. When I checked all the gear again, I found out, that the battery of one of the dive computers was low. So I had to get a new battery somewhere. Not an easy job in the short time remaining, until the boat was scheduled for departure! There I went, ran to the hardware store - nothing, ran to the jeweler stop - still closed, checked the photo shop - nothing. I ended up at the pharmacy, about 1 1/2 miles away. Luckily they had the battery, and I bought all their stock - 2 pcs.
I knew, I couldn't make the way back to the boat in time, when walking. So I hitch hiked. Already the third car stopped and agreed to carry me back to the dive shop. Well the cars door did not had any handles inside anymore... I had to hold it in the closed position through the window, while the driver smiled at me and switched the central locking function on and off we went.
The people here in the Bahamas are very friendly and helpful.
I made it just in time back to the boat, where Beatrice already begun to gear up the tanks. It was a choppy but nice 30 minute ride out through the North Cut of Man-O-War Cay to the Atlantic Ocean. It is the third largest barrier reef in the world. So we picked up a mooring ball and jumped in to the water. Between the first and the second dive, the boat relocated to another mooring, about 500 meters away. Both spots were beautiful and very different from each other. We spotted sharks, many groupers, lots of colorful corals and dove through some caves in the reef. The water is just amazingly clear.
We returned at about 1.00 pm at the dock in Marsh Harbour, rinsed the gear, had a dip in the pool and returned to our boat. After a hot meal on the boat, we both fell a sleep for a while, until our friend from Windsong II came over for a chat and a drink. The Goombay Smash really became our favorite drink within a short time.
The pictures will be uploaded as soon as we have a suitable internet connection. I relocated the Wifi Booster and it turned out, that a line could catch it and ripped the off the antenna. So I had to solder the things together. After all, the performance is not outstanding, but functional. Nevertheless, there is no free WiFi hotspot in rech and we have to relay an the cell phone with the Bahamas SIM card.
We still have no useful internet connection, anyways, here they are:
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