February 15, 2013
Yesterday we had an uneventful motor down the Sound from Lee Stocking Island to Emerald Bay Marina http://www.marinaemeraldbay.com/ on Great Exuma. Winds were light and variable and predominately right on our bow, so it was not a sailing day.
Emerald Bay is on Great Exuma about 10 miles north of Georgetown. We will be using it as a base for much needed provisioning and some boat chores.
It has been about 7 weeks since Barefoot has seen a dock and both her and us can use a good washing (land showers - as much hot water as you want - aaaaah).
Our last docking at Highbourne Cay was marred by our AC power system not accepting the shore power; some friends have the same charger/inverter as we do and had the the exact same problem there. The voltage is high (measurable) there and there may be a problem with their sinewave (too boring to explain) so we were pretty sure it was not our system, but we still had a little nervousness when we plugged in. Thankfully it accepted the shore power and we have nicities like air conditioning and must-haves like a battey charger.
Emerald Bay is a nice resort/marina that is associated with Sandals. As Royal Marsh Harbour members, our dockage is only $0.75/foot with free laundry. This deal pays for our membership in one night. We have heard that this deal may end after this month, so confirm its availability if you plan to stay dock here.
You cannot use any of the resort facilities unless you pay a significant ($125+) daily fee since Sandals is an all-inclusive resort, but we are not really interested so that is OK. Our extra will be renting a car for a few days, to travel to Georgetown for our shopping and to explore the island.
Tom
Docked at Emerald Bay
Great Exuma, Bahamas
Cruise 2012-13
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