Treasures from Treasure Cay, Abaco

2/11/09 I spoke too soon about not finding any shells at Treasure Cay. We walked the beach at low tide and there were LOTS of sand dollars. They ranged in size from about the size of a dime up to 3 inches across. The little ones are really cute. We also found Olive shells and various sizes and colors of Auger shells. The beach is clean and the pure white sand seems to go forever. This picture is of some of our treasures.

We also took a dinghy ride down all of the finger canals in Treasure Cay just to see where they went. There were a few places up the channel that we could anchor if we needed to.

On Thursday the 12th it was time to head back to Marsh Harbor. When we were pulling up the anchor Wayne stopped and said he had snagged a rope. It is not good to snag anything when pulling up the anchor, because it is often hard to get unsnagged. It was a small diameter rope. Wayne pulled and pulled and was able to pull up the rope. At the end of the 10 foot long piece of rope was our best treasure from Treasure Cay, a 4” stainless steel snap shackle attached to a Ronstan double block! They had not been in the water long. Wayne was able to clean them and they work perfectly. For those of you not familiar with the price of these items, you can buy the two of them from your local marine hardware store for about $125 !!! After filling up with fuel we made the 15 mile trip back to Marsh Harbor. Temptation and Whiskers both came by the boat to welcome us back. We attended the cruisers Happy Hour at the Jib Room where we met some new cruisers and met up with old friends.

Friday it was time to start cleaning for our company arriving on Sunday. We also made a short trip to hardware store. We enjoyed a relaxing evening on Temptation. Karen had fixed a nice dinner and then we played Farkle.

Saturday, Happy Valentine’s Day! We should have been cleaning but it was too nice a day. Man of War was having a fair to raise money for their school; we decided to go over for the day. We made the 5 mile trip and arrived at Man of War before 10:00. Temptation also decided to make the day trip, we gave them a dinghy ride to the dock. The fair included a flea market, crab races and other games for the kids, raffles and a large food tent. Walking around the flea market we were surprised to see Brian and Sonya from Flash II, from Northwest Creek Marina, we thought they had gone further south. We saw lots of cruisers there supporting the school. We supported the school by getting lunch, Wayne had conch fritters and I had a wonderful rib dinner with potato salad and coleslaw. There was enough on my plate to share with Wayne. After lunch we headed back to Marsh Harbor. We were back in time to go to two different grocery stores to get fresh produce and a few other provisions.

Sunday as we were getting ready to go to the dock, a local boat came by selling lobster. What perfect timing with company on the way! Jill’s Mom and sister, Sandy were on a plane were scheduled to arrive at 7:15. We moved Born to Cruise over to Mangoes Marina to await Mom and Sandy. We took advantage of the marinas two washers and two driers and did laundry. I was surprised to hear Mom’s voice calling me from the dock in front of the boat at 7:15! They had a good flight. Mom brought our rebuilt linear drive for our autopilot with her. Sandy had never been on the boat before, so we gave her a short tour. We enjoyed catching up while playing bridge before going to bed.