Moving to Thompson Bay, Long Island, The Bahamas

Thursday, February 5 – In the early morning, Eric moved Kosmos to the anchorage in front of Georgetown (on Great Exuma Island) so they could go to the grocery store. This was the view of the anchorage.

Much to their frustration (but of no surprise), the grocery store was still out of stock on the items that they’d wanted to buy. It reinforced that we’d made the right decision to stock up on groceries in Nassau instead of gambling on being able to find groceries in Georgetown. After the grocery store, they got the dinghy up, raised anchor and did a passage to Thompson Bay on Long Island.

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Hanging Out in Elizabeth Harbour, Exuma Islands, The Bahamas

Tuesday, February 3 – The weather forecast for today indicated that it would finally be calm enough to move from the very protected nook in Crab Cay to the main anchorage area in Elizabeth Harbour. He anchored by the Peace and Plenty resort on Stocking Island (which was owned by the same company that owns the Peace and Plenty hotel and restaurant in Georgetown).

When Kosmos arrived, there was lots of space in the anchorage, but as the day progressed, more boats arrived and the anchorage area filled in.

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