Our first month in Abaco has been busy. First, we had the getting settled period i.e. securing our lines at Boat Harbour Marina, meeting all the new folks on the dock and then there were a few RMHYC responsibilities to involve ourselves. While several folks returned home for the holidays, some had family and friends visit them in Marsh Harbour and everyone seemed to enjoy the Bahamian Holiday Festivals and an occasional Junkanoo. Couples managed to get together with cruising friends Christmas Day to share a ham or turkey with all the trimmings.
Just before Christmas we had an unexpected guest aboard. A young lady had flown into Marsh Harbour to meet her husband who was sailing from Wilmington, NC to meet her. Unfortunately he was delayed, out in the Atlantic, due to a storm and was several days overdue. When we learned of the circumstances, we welcomed Suzanne to stay aboard Sea Island Girl. She was rather tough for a couple of days but we decided to report their boat as missing to the USCG. As it turned out, the husband was located a short distance from Marsh Harbour and they were safely re-united. If interested, we can email the details or you can read the story in the Lakeside News.
Now that the New Year has arrived, the yacht club activities will be on the rise. We have a chili cook-off and a sock-hop scheduled, and our big annual event is the Commodore’s Ball in February. This year it will be a “black and white” ball and everyone tends to dress in their best resort wear i.e. dress or coat for some, shorts for others.
Carolyn begins her volunteer work at Every Child Counts later this week. She will have a class of seventeen, and has been assigned an aide to assist with her art projects and activities. ECC is a valuable resource here in the Abaco’s and it is supported in total by donations. As for the Captain, he has already had three articles published in the Abaconian, the only local newspaper, and stays busy walking the docks and being the consummate Commodore, politician and problem solver.
We hope to have many more exciting things to report in the near future, so stand-by!
