Staniel Cay Yacht Club

Big Majors Spot - Winds E 9-14

A good day of school. Even composition went well!

Today is internet day. Packed up the computer in the dry bag and zoomed the 1.5 miles over to Staniel Cay Yacht Club to eat lunch and use their wi-fi connection. Enjoyed a conch burger while Beth and Noah chose hamburgers. This was our first meal out in the Bahamas and it was fun. While waiting for lunch, Noah and I filled water jugs and the jerry can of gasoline. A new Island Packet came into the dock with four kids aboard. "Iggy Biggy" is from Virginia Beach, so Noah had a good time chatting with the kids. The crews from "See U Manana" and "Child's Play II" also came in for lunch so the club looked a lot like an elementary school cafeteria. The wi-fi signal was good enough to make some Skype calls, so Beth was able to talk with her family. We tried to update the web site, but it didn't do a complete refresh, so some links may be broken or lead to dead ends. We were able to download mail, so have added several names to the email log.

After lunch we took the dinghy up the creek to Island General Store, but it wasn't open on Sunday.

Didn't see any nurse sharks at the yacht club, but Jesse and I both looked in the Reef Fish book and decided that the one that scared us into the dinghy yesterday was a Bull Shark.

David, from Contented Turtle, led an afternoon kids outing to build a fort on the North beach at Big Major Spot. Kids from four boats worked together and built a good sized structure out of limbs and palm fronds. There were a few disagreements between the young structural engineers, but the fort looked good when finished. The fort even had a few pets as they caught some lizards. We'll see if it is still there when we stop again on our way north.

Snowday from Toronto