North to Nassau, 4/20

We weighed anchor at 7:30am, bound for Nassau, much to Matt and Karie’s chagrin.  They hate that place.  We don’t care one way or the other, other than we want to be safely tied to a dock somewhere when this front moves through.

It was a boat parade heading to Nassau.  Including us, there were 10 sailboats,
all within a few miles of each other all the way across.

Matt was able to stay on the same tack, wing on wing, all the way through to the channel at Nassau.  We weren’t able to sail that tack, as our jib sail wanted to flog in the light air.  We have to baby it, if we hope to use it across the Gulfstream.  We motor-sailed with the mainsail out to our starboard side, and stayed with in a mile of each other all the way across. We were turning only 1900 rpm's, so I doubt that we used but a few gallons of fuel.

I happened to hear Matt call in to request slip space at Nassau Harbor Club, and they had availability, so we hopped on the horn, too.  This is a MUCH nicer place that Nassau Yacht Haven that we stayed at almost three weeks ago.  There is a shopping plaza and Starbucks right across the street from here, with WiFi.  We can get reconnected with the world!

We dinked with Matt and Karie to the ‘market’ under the bridge.  Lots of stands selling fresh fruits and vegetables, and shacks making conch any way you want it- fried conch, conch fritters, conch chowder, conch salad, etc.  We sat for an hour watching ‘Jamal” make fresh conch salad- it was very entertaining. Matt and Karie got two bowls to go, and Donnie got a bowl.  You can eat it fresh, like sushi, or let it ‘cook’ in the fresh lime and fresh orange juices.  Cap’n’s going to let his ‘cook’ to have for lunch tomorrow.

Donnie gave Marquesa a good scrubbing since we have fresh water at the dock.  She was very crusty with salt.  After a trip to Starbucks for danish for breakfast tomorrow, and hopping on the WiFi for a bit, we went home, I made dinner, and we pretty much called it a night.  G’nite y’all!