26:44.204N 80:02.829W Not quite the Abacos...
Timeandtide
Mon 30 Apr 2018 21:54
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....nowhere near it to be precise, the trip to the
Abacos had to be aborted sadly and we are now back amongst the hideousness that
is the ICW......again!
Having flown back to Grand Bahama and rejoined the boat,
we spent a further week at the marina until Richard was absolutely sure he felt
OK. So lots of walking and sessions in the gym where we discovered that a
lifelong 20 a day smoker was fitter than I thought, couldn't get his heart
rate above 100 however much I tried, actually I think it just just
confirms what I have always suspected that he is just a heartless
bastard!!! We wont talk about my physical fitness, but suffice to say i
will be back in the gym as soon as I get back to the UK!!
We left the marina last Tuesday and took the boat out
for a day sail but it was obvious Richard wasn't as well recovered as he
thought. After much debate we didn't feel it was worth the risk or the hassle of
trying to get to and from the Abacos in time to get the boat back to Georgia
before flying home, he just wasn't fit enough, too many pains and twangs in the
nether region. So we decided to pick the first good weather window and head back
to the States, left at 5am this morning and have just arrived in West Palm Beach
11 hours later. And here we are, surrounded by idiots who can't or refuse to
read the signs that say 'Slow. No wake. Manatee Zone', being thrown around at
anchor worse than we were at sea! Unfortunately we have to wait here till we
check in with customs and immigration , all being well and they don't find a
reason to throw us out of the country, we will take a steady plod back up to St
Marys in Georgia in time to get hauled around the 25th May. Actually we are
anchored a few miles from Donald's residence so if any of you have goodwill
messages or the like for the President we can drop them off in
person.
We are both naturally disappointed we didn't get very
far this season, but sometimes shit happens and you just have to say 'well,
there's always next year!' We've spent a lot more time on the boat and gotten to
know a lot more about it, what works and what doesn't. Overall she did
brilliantly, it's just the crew that suffered mechanical failure and needed to
be repaired! Most pleasing of all we love living on our boat regardless of
the view and in close proximity 24/7 we rub along quite well even if he is
the most wretchedly untidy individual imaginable.
Still the heartless bastard does have his uses
though and I feel confident that he could fix anything given some BluTak
and a ball of wet string.
That's all for now folks as I feel I need to throw
up due to the excessive boat wake we're experiencing. Here are a few pics from
our last few spots in Grand Bahama, including a totally deserted marina
development near West End that went belly-up 10 years ago. Apart from a pack of
wild dogs, we were the only people there! Bliss.
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