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Sunday, July, 03, 2005, 12:02 UTC
Hope town Abaco

Guest: Jessica age 11
July 1, Goombay Festival night
Got and early start, about 10:30. We needed to get to Marsh Harbor for Goombay night. When we got to Marsh Harbor we had many difficulties backing into the dock. Mark only has one motor working right now so my dad had to get out on the dinghy and push the side that is missing a motor. But we got into the dock and Tutu, Tutukane, and Mom went to Solomon's to re-provision. Finally it was 7:30 and we left for junkaroo night. A Bahamian holiday that occurs every other Friday. There's hair braiding, souvenirs, dancing, music, and a ton of great food. Kenzie and I of course had to get our hair braided. There is also a Junkaroo parade and there are many dancers and lots of music. There was a little boy who joined the parade and stared to join. His sister was not letting him be part of the parade but all he wanted to do was join the parade. After the parade it was 9:30 and we all went home. Kenzie and I slept in the hotel with Tutu and Tutukane.

Guest: Shane

July 2, 2005

We departed the Hope Town Marina about 10:30 A.M. after a large breakfast at the Conch Inn Marina. We had a nice sail through the Sea of Abaco to Whale Cay, where we entered the Atlantic. We were all a bit surprised that a very substantial island was not on the chart plotter. It sure pays to keep the eyes and brain engaged!

We sailed to the east side of Green Turtle Cay and when tutus called for sandy beach, good snorkeling and calm seas, we threaded our way through the reef. Jessie learned to drive the dinghy and we made a safe landing on a wonderful, white-sand beach. We all had a fine time on the beach and the girls dove for shells and "sea glass." Kenzie learned to drive the dinghy on the way back and we managed to thoroughly cover all points of the compass repeatedly.

We had a relaxing dinner and threaded our way back out through the reef. We decided that an all night sail would be a good learning experience for us all. At first I thought it was going to be a pretty boring, flat-calm night, but around 2 a.m. the wind began to steadily rise. I kept reefing the Genoa and when we were still skipping along at eight knots, I decided to wake Mark. He thought we should reef the main and turn around to give all a better ride, so we did. Had a great night of sailing with wonderful stars. Morning brought a pretty exciting thunder and lightning storm, so we had to reduce and eventually eliminate all sail. 11 a.m. we're heading into the cut at Whale Cay and observing a sailboat regatta under way ahead.

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