After arriving at Chub Cay (well officially we are anchored off of Frazier's Hog Cay) Michele went ashore - thus the last post and brought back 5 lobster tails for $10.00. Yum. Of course, these lobsters arent' Maine lobster, but they were very tasty sauteed in garlic and butter and served up with linguine and clam sauce.
While ashore though, she was quite disappointed to learn that the fisherman had a green sea turtle in his cooler (yes, the endangered turtles that we learned about at the turtle hospital). When turtles are captured, they are stored on upside down on their shells until they are killed. This poor little guy was upside down in the cooler waiting for his demise :(. The fisherman says that he got hit with the boat and that is why they caught it - to put it out of it's misery. I'm not sure if the turtle was injured or not. It may not be obvious, but when a turtle comes up for air and gets hit by a boat, the breath that they were taking get pushed back down and gets trapped inside the bottom of the turtle, thus deforming the shell. It's actually called a bubble-butt - don't laugh it's fatal. Once the turtle gets this huge bubble stuck in their rear, they become too buoyant to dive and catch food. Another situation that caused Michele distress was the two dogs that were tied up to the tree outside the Berry Island Club. It seems these dogs are tied there all day, every day. Apparently, if they are untied, they take off to Chub Cay where they are not supposed to be running around without leashes (and it's about 5 miles away). They didn't even have any water in their bowls and one of them was really skinny. Both dogs are golden retrievers. The skinny dog was really friendly, but the other one acted friendly until you approached it and then wanted to attack. So of course, Michele is obsessing about the plight of these poor dogs. So today, despite Steve's protests (because the wind was blowing pretty hard and the seas were very choppy so it was a wet dinghy ride), we went ashore with some cooked hamburger to feed the dogs. Now both dogs are my best friends. But alas, I have to leave them as we are heading out in the morning for Nassau.
Yesterday, Butch, Gretchen and Reese from Lucidity joined us for lunch on our boat - they have the exact same boat as us - an IP 38. Luckily, they were on board when the winds kicked up and our anchor started to drag (couldn't believe it was actually daylight when it happened this time). So Gretchen, Michele and Reese stayed below while Steve and Butch dealt with the situation above. They tried about 50 times to reset the anchor, but the bottom was just to grassy for the anchor to set. So, we motored closer to where Lucidity was anchored which had a much sandier bottom and the anchor caught fine. Today was Reese's 5th birthday, so we went over to their boat for lunch - complete with a Tommy the Train cake. We've had a great time hanging out with them because their story is very identical to ours and we even have the same taste in boats!
So tomorrow morning, we hope to leave and head over to Nassau. We are hoping to leave by 5:00 a.m. since the winds will be shifting from the northeast to the south and be right on the nose by 11:00 a.m. Hopefully, we can beat the wind change and be able to sail with light seas. If the wind picks up to the south, then we'll be beating into the wind and seas - you know the usual. We heard a great quote the other day. "The only problem with cruising is getting from point A to point B." Ah, well - such is the life. As you'll be able to see from the pictures, it's still just a tad chilly. (Another reason why Steve was cranky about going ashore. He hates being cold.)
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