• Day 19

    At anchor in George Town

    April 28 on the Bahamas ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F

    We said see you later to our crew this morning. After Dave took them to shore, we sat for a bit and just reflected on our adventure so far. We've learned so much and just keep pinching ourselves that this is happening.
    Now onto some chores. Laundry is gathered but that will be done tomorrow. We took the dinghy to shore on George Town and then took a taxi to Napa where Dave got a couple batteries for the boat. Our driver, Vencil, was born and raised in George Town and showed us the home he grew up in. Every Bahamian we have met is so friendly.
    After we got back from town, we decided to go to the famous Chat and Chill on Stocking Island. We had a couple warm beers but the atmosphere was great. We met 3 different couples. One was a couple from Mississippi in their second year of cruising with their 4 kids ages 8 to 14. They've already experienced 2 hurricanes and a tornado. Another couple from Scotland has been cruising for 20 years and has circumnavigated twice. The third couple was from Canada and have been cruising for almost 20 years. They have 2 teenagers and just sailed up from South Africa. We hope to see them all again before we leave George Town.
    When we got back to the boat, Dave made an awesome vegetable stir fry and then watched the sunset.

    Note: I had to go back and correct the spelling of George Town:
    The city is often mistakenly spelled as "Georgetown", which was never the city's official name. This misspelling may be due to confusion with other places worldwide that share the same name. In common parlance, the city of George Town is also called "Penang", which is the name of the larger state.
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