GEORGETOWN, GREAT EXUMA ISLANDS

March 20, 2013

We were sorry to leave Black Point Settlement behind.  It was a relaxing, quiet anchorage which we

desperately needed after our exciting entry into the Bahamas.  Our fist night at anchor was calm, we woke to a new part of the Caribbean. 

IT'S PERFECT ANCHOR CHAIN
14FT OF WATER

GEORGETOWN ANCHORAGE

Elizabeth Harbor is between Stocking Island & Great Exuma Island & is much larger than we expected. It is home to a huge number of boats that call this harbor home & many that use it as a stopover as they move north or south. The resident live aboard group is a tight nit community that orchestrates an ongoing list of meetings, happy hours, potlucks & more. We are on the edge of a group of over 40 transient boats that are coming & going every day.

Now that we are out of the Exuma Sound, the water has again turned clear aqua blue. On both sides of the harbor the shores are lined with white beaches and vegetation consisting of short shrubs & grasses. Not many palm trees here, but everything is much greener than the northern islands.

We went into Georgetown to find friendly people, conveniently located grocery, post office & fuel. To arrive at the dinghy dock you go under a small overhead bridge & enter what is called Victoria Lake. I was expecting a lake, but alas it is more like a very shallow pond. It is very conveniently located, just a block from the grocery. Before we leave we will top off all our fuel & provisions.
The provisions are holding up very well. Looking ahead has allowed us to have a varied diet without having to search for some of the normal things we are accustomed to eating. I left with 20lb of potatoes & they are finally almost gone. The freezer full of meat I left Charleston with is down to a few packages of pork & chicken. I will do my best with available meats & veg to hopefully get us south 5 or 600 miles.

We are waiting on our mail that we had forwarded last week.   We hope it will arrive in the next few days. Until then there is plenty to do learning our way around Georgetown.