{"id":5399,"date":"2016-02-27T16:04:46","date_gmt":"2016-02-27T16:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=5399"},"modified":"2016-02-27T16:05:40","modified_gmt":"2016-02-27T16:05:40","slug":"georgetown-winter-home-for-retired-a-types","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=5399","title":{"rendered":"Georgetown, winter home of retired “A types”."},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s Saturday morning and we are now in Georgetown, Great Exuma. \u00a0THE place that cruisers hang out in the Bahamas.\u00a0 And, there are a LOT of them, around 350 boats at last count. \u00a0 In fact, some have been here since November, to be sure that they get the best anchoring spot. \u00a0Saved seat!!!<\/p>\n

On Monday the BIG EVENT happens here, the Cruisers Regatta, when all those cruisers that have not moved for months head out to race against each other. \u00a0 “Quick, Alice, eat the heavy stuff, I’ll drink the rum, that’s heavy too. \u00a0We want the boat to sail faster. ”<\/p>\n

And, with so many boats crammed into one harbor, surprise, anchoring spots are coveted. \u00a0 And, those boats that are moving, if only for a day or racing, put down a temporary anchor to \u201chold their spot\u201d. \u00a0 \u00a0Go ahead, make their day. \u00a0Take their spot at your \u00a0mortal risk…<\/p>\n

And, as you would imagine, with all these cruisers (AKA: retired A types) jammed into one place, for months at a time, things are pretty well organized. \u00a0Ya think? \u00a0 Actually, “think Regatta”, now that’s ORGANIZED.<\/p>\n

Each morning at 08:00 there is a \u201cnet\u201d on the radio when everything, and I mean everything, is discussed.\u00a0 There are community announcements from local businesses as well as a rundown of who\u2019s arrived and who\u2019s leaving.\u00a0 And, if you have something you need, or want to unload, there\u2019s an opportunity to do that too. \u00a0There\u00a0is so much to cover that it takes nearly 45 minutes to get through it all. \u00a0As you can imagine, Brenda particularly \u201cloves\u201d the constant click of mikes, the hard (for us) to understand accents and folks that seem to be chewing on their mike so you CANT UNDERSTAND A SINGLE WORD THEY ARE SAYING. \u00a0Let’s just say that \u201cStatic\u201d isn\u2019t her favorite. \u00a0I guess I bring enough of that to her life. But I like to think that I do it with a smile. \u00a0Yes, I am sticking with that.<\/p>\n

With the biggest event of the year, \u00a0\u201cregatta\u201d, beginning this weekend (it runs a whole week) there is a veritable frenzy of events leading up to the races . \u00a0And, guess what, committees have been formed for just every aspect and \u00a0whatever you could wish for, or not. \u00a0 And, there’s even a “talent show” today. \u00a0That should make for a great post.<\/p>\n

And, rain or shine, and it just about never rains here, you can participate in yoga on the beach, church on Sunday and there\u2019s even water exercise, a sort of low impact for the \u201cmature\u201d among us, which would be just about EVERYBODY who’s here, present company included.<\/p>\n

Anyway, it\u2019s an interesting place, in “appropriate” doses.\u00a0 I expect that our \u201cdose\u201d this year will be about a week as we re-provision for our run to Cuba and wait for a good weather window to move south.<\/p>\n

Yesterday we made the 60+ mile run here from Staniel Cay with a good wind.\u00a0 And, as usual, Pandora moved right along and we completed the trip at an average speed of nearly 7 knots with only a moderate wind, on a deep run. \u00a0We only had the main up as it\u2019s tough to run the jib on a deep reach and it just doesn\u2019t fill well and tends to bang around a lot.<\/p>\n

We were glad to get underway as the prior night had been really rolly in the anchorage. \u00a0I made the mistake of anchoring to close to the cut leading to the ocean and waves coming in from the ocean wrapped around, causing a very uncomfortable rolling all night.\u00a0 We both slept in the main cabin as it was just too bumpy up forward.\u00a0 Oops.\u00a0 Bad anchoring spot.\u00a0 Brenda said, “it wasn’t my favorite”.<\/p>\n

However, we had a great few days, prior to that, with the always wonderful sunsets. \u00a0No green flash but beautiful.\u00a0\"\"There isn’t much rain here in for much of the year so vegetation is sparse. \u00a0And, the “soil”, well there isn’t any to speak of, is on a bed of porous limestone. \u00a0Pretty rugged though and beautiful in the late afternoon light. \u00a0\"\"This is our third visit to Georgetown and we are anchored near \u201cmonument beach\u201d, opposite the town, about one mile away. This was the view from Pandora.\u00a0 It\u2019s very pretty in the morning light.\u00a0\"\"The first time we visited here, three years ago, Christopher, Rob and his now wife Kandice came to town for a week and we hiked up to the top of the hill for a \u201cmonument moment\u201d.\u00a0 That was a wonderful time together.\u00a0 Not the “I wish I was jumping with them” part, the \u201chaving them here\u201d part.\"\"Well, if I don’t sign off and head for town I won’t \u00a0see what the “in” cruising crowd does here for the winter and won’t\u00a0have anything for another post. \u00a0 Yikes, that just wouldn’t do. \u00a0 Keeping busy is what us retired “A” types must do… Right?<\/p>\n

Quick, quick, gotta go Brenda, we might miss something.<\/p>\n

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