Sunday, March 21, 2010

From: Nassau Harbor, New Providence Island N25 04.682 W077 19.730
To: Nassau Harbor Club Marina, Nassau Harbor, New Providence Island N25 04.489 W077 18.764

Well with the approach of high tide we’re again swinging out of tandem with everyone else and two other boats have now reanchored. We decided to see if we can get into a marina tonight. Between the approaching cold front and the unpredictable currents, that pull the boats in different patterns, it seems the prudent thing to do.

We hailed the Nassau Harbor Club, they’re the marina we stayed with last spring, and asked if they could accommodate us for a night. Yes they could. So we hauled up the anchor and headed over there around 11:30am (high tide is 12:16pm). They put us in a slip where I had to head into the current so getting in was fairly easy – the current kept me pointed in the right direction. This marina is on the east side of the island so the currents are consistent – unlike in the middle section where we were anchored. At check-in we were able to read the weather sheet and the front is expected to come in tomorrow so we asked if we could stay another day. We were told we’d have to wait for the dock master, tomorrow morning, to ask him. I just remembered another thing about this marina. Last year they wouldn’t let us stay longer… oh oh… and the dock master won’t be in until tomorrow. Well there’s nothing to do about it today I guess.

First item on the agenda – showers! How delicious! Then we walked over to the shopping center and headed to Dominos for pizza (Wayne was craving pizza). It was pretty good and we sat and people watched while eating our pizza. After that we went to the grocery store and then to Starbucks for Internet and a vanilla latte. We had Wayne’s little computer so checked our email and paid bills. I checked out my blog to see when my last entry (online) was. My journal (not on Wayne’s computer) is really behind. It looks like the last entry was around the 9th of the month from Black Point, and no pictures. That tells you that the connections are very slow to non-existent.

Back at the boat we had gin and tonics and chatted with the Island Packet next to us (Knott again). They’re from Halifax and know Beth and Jim (Madcap).