Mother Nature is at it again! We are anchored down at Spanish Wells riding out another blow. We anchored at Meek’s Patch versus Russell Island so that we had more protection from the wind. This means we have to dinghy about 3 miles into the harbor to do anything. The dinghy ride is pretty painful as we jump 2 foot swells across the channel.
The Spanish Wells Yacht Club has a restaurant called Wreckers. They have a half priced drink selection from 4-6. Mixed drinks are $7 and beer is $5. This is a really good deal considering what we have been paying. The employees working there are pretty friendly as well. Georgia and Michael took great care of us during our visits.
Even the locals here in Spanish Wells know the real deal!
Most of the island travels by golf cart so of course we had to rent one. The first one that Bubba picked out had a small problem. After we got 100 yards away from the place we rented from it stopped and would only go in reverse. So, Bubba took us all the way back down the docks in REVERSE!
We stopped to check out the beach, found Old Pot’s road (Tracey and John knew the man the road is named after, unfortunately he has passed away), we grabbed a bite to eat at the Sandbar, and checked out the grocery store (the closest normal grocery store we have seen in a long time.
Upon our return to our dinghy, we found it had been moved. We asked the gas attendant, and he said it had been moved to let the water taxi dock there. Okay, we had no idea there was a water taxi that came in and out of there as there is no signage that states this. I am warning any other cruisers that come into Spanish Wells to dock that the locals are a bunch of piss ants! We got back to our boat and found that we had made the local Spanish Wells Facebook page where the locals were bitching about where we parked and how disrespectful it was to block the fuel dock. First, we did not park in front of the fuel dock we parked beside two other dinghies that were tied off. I explained on the Facebook page it was an honest mistake and that signage could help with this issue. There is also not a public dock for anyone to land their dinghy so maybe it is something they should look into if they are going to get so ass burnt about it. On the flip side I am sure the other businesses we visited that day appreciated us as we dropped $417 between groceries, alcohol, and eating out that day. It’s okay, I am going to pray for them anyway
There is another front moving in next week so we will be pulling up our anchor to head over to the Abaco’s. We will stage at Egg Island and make the sail over to Little Harbour. We have had some pretty awesome sunsets and moon risings.
