Day 289
April 25,
2016
NM Today: 12
NM Total: 4437
Today
we traveled to our last marina before leaving the Bahamas. Instead of going through the Whale channel which would cause us to backtrack and go out in the ocean, we took Dont Rock passage. This is a shallow draft passage requiring visual piloting skills and high tides.
Clark got good local knowledge from the bakery owner at Treasure Cay to assist with navigating this short cut. One interesting fact about the baker was that he was from Monmouth Beach, New Jersey and worked at Mihm's Boat Works where Clark used to keep his boat. Small world!! Clark could tell by talking to him that he was an experienced boater whereas the marina staff simply said "don't do it" and left it at that. They were afraid to give bad advice. The way that Clark got talking to the baker was that he said to Clark, "You're from New York, aren't you? I can tell by how fast you are walking!"
Clark got good local knowledge from the bakery owner at Treasure Cay to assist with navigating this short cut. One interesting fact about the baker was that he was from Monmouth Beach, New Jersey and worked at Mihm's Boat Works where Clark used to keep his boat. Small world!! Clark could tell by talking to him that he was an experienced boater whereas the marina staff simply said "don't do it" and left it at that. They were afraid to give bad advice. The way that Clark got talking to the baker was that he said to Clark, "You're from New York, aren't you? I can tell by how fast you are walking!"
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| Dont Rock |
We stayed at
Donny’s Marina as a least-cost alternative with the added advantage of being close to town. The owner, Donny, is "quirky" to quote Active Captain. As we later learned from David on Five Flip Flops, given more than two simultaneous tasks Donny simply melts down and walks away. The accommodations were quite
acceptable, and our neighbors even more so. Five
Flip Flops hails from the United Kingdom and has been navigating the seas
for the past 13 years. They provided a wealth of local knowledge to Clark to
assist us with our trip back to Florida.
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| Coming into New Plymouth |
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| New Plymouth as seen from Sea Moss |
The town of New Plymouth is located at Green Turtle Cay. We walked to town and were surprised by what a lovely little place it turned out to be with colorful homes, many shops, and a memorial park honoring the Loyalists that came here.
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| Historic New Plymouth |
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| Walking down the hill into town |
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| Memorial Sculpture Garden Honoring the Loyalists who came here from America |
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| Colorful Houses are popular all over the Bahamas like these in New Plymouth, Green Turtle Cay |
I started
getting sick today. By the time I had made the hike up the hill back to the boat from the
town of New Plymouth I was done in! Clark made dinner. I ate and then I went to
bed.
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