5 Fs

     On the First Friday of February at Little Farmers Cay there is a festival.  The locals from the island are joined by Bahamians from other islands as well as cruising visitors for food, music, dancing, contests and Class-C racing.  It is known as the 5 Fs (Farmers Cay, Festival, First Friday in February.

The unofficail start to the festival.  This is a common sight in the Bahamas - the mail boat.  But this one is differnt, the Captain C.  She makes a grand entrance which you can hear for a mile away, the music is blaring and she is bringing more party revelers.

On Friday is the BIG Race, for all the marbles and the bragging rights for the next year.  Six boats entered for this year race.

And this year's winner is Team Thunderbird!

And now for a little fun.  The best Male Legs Contest.  Yea, that's Bob.  He finished second only because he lacks good dance moves.  But it wasn't about the dancing it was about the legs.  I was robbed.

And then there was the Best Male Butt Contest.  No, Bob did not enter this one.

One of the local young boys having fun with Deb's (M/V Broulee) digital camera.

This sail boat had catastrophic failure on the first day of racing and had to be retired.  Here, the boat is being loaded back onto the mail boat.

As the sun was setting on the opening day, this cruiser played Amazing Grace on his bag pipes while we enjoyed dinner at the waterfront restaurant.

The Exuma Community Youth Band was brought for the festivities on day 2, Saturday.