Today is wash day, we filled up 7 of the 12 washing machines at the “Dockside Laundry”. Ada is the hard working proprietor, she has basic hardware, washing supplies of course and a very select group of items every sailboat needs.
We now sit at a restaurant on Black Point waiting for our clothes to dry. Instead of Lorraine’s we were told to try Deshamon’s, it’s straight across from Adderly’s grocery. Our fish burgers are due out soon, here in the Bahamas, a fish burger has a fish in it… not a fish patty that contains various fish parts ground up and packed together, covered with some sort of frozen breading. A fish burger here is quite a treat.
We met several new cruisers in the past few days, today one of those couples Bob and Ellen are drifting North to the next island today. We really enjoyed talking to them and may move with them for a few days. Last night “Ship O’ Fools” hosted a big pizza party, they provided the dough, just bring your ingredients….. it was great. Before that, everyone was at our boat swimming so we had quite a good visiting day yesterday. Charles and Hillary are on a nicely rigged Shuttleworth. Bob and Ellen are on a Pacific Seacraft, it’s a true yawl where the aft mast is behind the rudder. and Julie and Matthew are on a big black pirate ship ketch.
Our food is here and I officially recommend Dashamon’s. By the time we finish eating Ada will have our clothes dried and folded at the laundromat. We got a shower earlier and the sun popped out so it’s pretty steamy on Black Point right now.
I talked to Van “Smashie” while Linda was at the laundry. Van builds and races Bahamian sloops. He’s been racing for years and brought home many trophies. Last time we were here in 2011 he was working on a new “C” class boat for a customer. The frame was complete and he was planking the hull.
Well, lunch is over so I’ll sign off and head back for Laundry and SYL. Rusty