s/v Moosetracks: George Town

Thursday, January 24, 2013

George Town

Well we made it to George Town, Exumas. We had wanted to sail from Black Point to Little Farmers then on to here but the wind died and as we made good time on flat seas we just continued on to George town. We managed to catch some fish too! The Mahi mahi came at us from the Atlantic side and we had a double hook up. Whilst Devin was trying to reel in one on the rod the other was left on the hand line to fend for itself. Well after a few minutes the large one had run off a lot of line and then shook the hook and we lost it. So over to the hand line where we still had a fish. We managed to get it gaffed and on deck. After much blood everywhere due to the gaff we had it subdued with alcohol and ready for photo's and the fillet knife. It made six fillets and as you can see a nice little one.

Mahi Mahi

George Town

We arrived in George town to settled weather and since we needed a part for the 15hp Yamaha, which they confirmed had arrived, we dinghied to town the next morning on calm seas. After a long, approx 4 mile, dinghy ride with our small Yamaha we made it to the Parts store. After this we went to town for some shopping, or looking more precisely. We scoped out the place and found the markets, shops and bars. After a short beverage stop we bought fuel for the dinghy and returned to Moosetracks.

The next day, Wednesday, was blustery but we took a walk up Monument hill to the monument overlooking the harbor. We then walked down to a lovely long beach on the Atlantic side which we had all to ourselves. After that we walked a nature trail that the cruisers maintain and had a very lovely walk in the shade and out of the wind. Yesterday and last night it was blowing 20-25 knots from the North East so it's pretty windy here and will be for a few more days. So we think we are stuck here for a week or so.