The restaurant here is good so decided to eat there. When we're paying the bill Syd points out that the menu said that 15pct gratuity was included. It's a bit sneaky as it doesn't appear as an item on the bill. We ask the waitress and she says it is included but then she explains that the 15pct is divided among all the staff in the restaurant whereas if we had put a tip on the bill it would have just been her's. As we signed the check to the boat she says she has to ask us where the name came from. I explain that it was the previous owner gave the boat the name and not only is it bad luck to change the name but it has a good story to it. So she pulls up a chair and sits down, waiting for us to tell the story which I do. Don't you just love the Bahamians attitude to life.
After dinner we walk to the end of the dock and get talking to Kendal and Mike who are on a big sport fishing boat. We said that we were surprised at how few fish there were in the Sea of Abaco and they explained that they had just caught 12 mahi mahi (or blue dolphin - a fish not a mammal) and they gave us some. They go fishing outside the barrier reef. They're really experienced so we try to pick up as many tips as possible.
March 24th - We rent a golf cart and drive into New Plymouth. We stop at the museum but unfortunately it's lunch hour. So we get an ice cream and explore some more. We go down to the beach and watch a young barracuda stalking the other young fish in the shallows. New Plymouth is a small settlement but it does have a one way system so we drive around again to get back to the museum, still closed. We drive down to the statuary honoring the founders and VIPs. The plaque doesn't pull any punches when talking about the patriots treatment of the loyalists, about how they were tar'ed and feathered, run out of their homes and their property confiscated.
Round again and still the museum is closed must be a big lunch. We head down the hill and do some grocery shopping. Back round to the museum, still closed. The lady in the bakery says he is also a realtor so might be out showing property. We give up but then get a message that Nicholas is back in surgery again for his wisdom tooth. Can't get a connection. Where was it we found a signal. We drive round again. This is beginning to feel like the golf cart version of the Monte Carlo rally. Finally give up and head back for the marina. When we get back we have time to spare on the golf cart so we drive over to Bluff House marina to see what that is like. The road is very bad with lots of pot holes. We stop at a sign that says "warning steep hill" and faces down to the beach and the Sea of Abaco. We decide to go for it and I put my foot down on the accelerator, nothing happens. Like the golf cart is saying "No way am I going down there". A guy passing by looks into the golf cart and says "it's your battery" and tells us to coast down the other hill to the marina. We do, apparently BTC is having problems, the phones are out. We ask the marina staff to call the dive center (where we rented the cart) on VHF and they do and they come and pick us up
March 25th - We do the laundry and generally hang out as this is the bad weather day. A boat comes into the slip next to us and nearly takes out the piling as the wind is blowing it hard on to it. Apparently they were at anchor last night rafted up with their friends boat. They said it was a nightmare. I can only imagine, given the aft cleat had been torn out and the rubbing strake was badly damaged.
I should add that internet access really sucks in Green Turtle Cay hence the lack of posts.
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