Wahoo Party

     Location, location, location. To say that we were in the right location is an understatement.  We spent 35 days in the Black Point Settlement area.  Only 3 nights were spent anchored at the Settlement on the north side of the point, the rest were spent anchored in Plain Bay on the south side of the point.  And party, we did just about every kind of party you can imagine.  There was the traditional beach party and that was expanded to include a raft party.  We also did dinner parties, boat parties, bonfire parties and card parties.  Yes Jeff P., you can drum up a Euchre game in the Bahamas.  We even did a New Year’s party in the Sand Castle.  Just as our Christmas 2010 in Spanish Wells was very special, we had a very special New Year’s Party this year in the Sand Castle with all of our friends from the anchorage and Frank & Peg who own the other home on Plain  Bay.  Peg’s son Troy, from York, Pennsylvania also joined the festivities.

     We did attempt to leave Plain Bay on day 33, but on that morning as we were coming back to Big Run from the Sand Castle, I noticed a new boat in the anchorage that looked very familiar.  As we ran the dinghy closer to the sailboat I knew it had to be them but I still had to check the stern for the boat name.  Yes, it was S/V Margareta.  Long story short, we had never met the crew of this vessel.  However, we had on many occasions “ran” into them on the Intra Coastal Waterway.  Finally, we had an opportunity to meet before our planned departure of Plain Bay that day.  Plans … we learned from our buddy boat Broulee not to make plans in anything other than jello.  So, we did not depart Plain Bay that day, and, as a matter of fact we stayed there for another 2 days as we built a new friendship with Bill & Margaret of S/V Margareta.  Then on our day 35, this past Saturday, S/V Margareta departed Plain Bay to continue their adventure as they headed south.  Two hours after their departure, I decided it was time for us to depart, and by 9 am the anchor was pulled.  We were on our way to Georgetown,  Yes, I said Georgetown.  Sharon and I are not Georgetown people.  We would rather not stop there, but that’s how things go when you’re traveling from the Exumas to Long Island in the Bahamas.  Always looking to make a grand entrance, we pulled into Sand Dollar Beach anchorage at Georgetown just as all the happy hours were just getting underway.  It was 5 o’clock.  Fifteen minutes later our VHF radio sounded off with an MMSI call.  MMSI calls are a discreet way to hail another vessel without broadcasting your hail over the open airways of channel 16.  So the call was from our new friends on S/V Margareta who were also anchored at Sand Dollar Beach.  They invited us over for a Wahoo dinner.  Before your mind runs rampant, Wahoo is a fish.  Bill caught a Wahoo and a Mahi-Mahi earlier in the day.  Within an hour Sharon and I were relaxing on S/V Margareta having a grand time enjoying the company of good friends and eating Wahoo.  So I guess you could call it a Wahoo party!