Here we go again. Weather is playing a major role in our cruising. Originally, the forecast was for Thursday and Friday to have winds that would make traveling uncomfortable. Now, it sounds as if the winds may carry over into the weekend with a possible let up on Sunday afternoon. My thought about weather forecasters - they are the only ones that can do their job wrong and not get fired.
We have taken up residence for a few days at The Marina at Emerald Bay. We choose the non-service dock (water only) at $1.00 a foot per night. The full service dock (electric, water and cable TV) starts at $2.25 a foot per night. If your mega yacht is 100' or longer your per foot rate is $3.25. You still have to pay for your electric usage ($.85/kwh) and your water usage. In the Bahamas, water is generally what they call RO water. RO stands for reverse osmosis, the same type of water you get from a watermaker on your boat if you have one. Been there, done that and we still don't have a watermaker. Water at this marina is 40 cents a gallon. Fortunately for us, we just checked our water usage for the last 17 days and we estimate we used about 200 of the 360 gallons we carry. That's very good considering we use the water to cook, drink, wash dishes, bath and flush toilets. Our new estimate of how long we can stay on the hook has now risen to 25 days. We may just try that on our next trip when we leave this marina. It was a pleasure today to take a regular shower at the marina facilities instead of a navy shower on the boat. A navy shower saves water because you turn off the water after you have gotten wet. Then you will soap and shampoo as necessary and then turn the water back on again to rinse. So today, I let the water run and run and run some more. Oh, what a feeling!
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