Drilling Holes

George doesn’t like to drill holes in the boat. Go figure. What could go wrong? For that reason our cockpit enclosure was not attached at the bottom. The enclosure did a good job of keeping the cold wind out on our passages to and from the Bahamas but having it attached at the bottom would make it even better. Last Spring George finally agreed to drill holes so we could attach snaps. We waited until we had cooler weather this fall so we wouldn’t bake inside the enclosure. Fall has finally arrived here so this past weekend we attached snaps on the boat and the enclosure panels. It was quite an involved project, going all the way around the enclosure. In some cases I had to make adjustments to the enclosure panels before we could attach the snaps. We are quite pleased with the result and believe it will help keep us even warmer. 

We are getting ready to go the Bahamas again.  We normally start our Bahamas visit in Abaco, an area that was devastated by hurricane Dorian. Our first two years in the Bahamas we checked in at Marsh Harbour. After Dorian hit we looked at aerial photos of Marsh Harbour and saw that places we visited, including the Harbourview Marina, were completely flattened. It is just so sad. This year we will bypass Abaco and check in further south.

A few weeks ago I heard that a strange post about Pig Beach appeared on my blog. I looked and saw that it was from a video I attempted post from the Bahamas 2 1/2 years ago!  I wasn’t successful then and forgot all about it.  The recent post included a title and one sentence about the video, but no video, so I deleted it. 

Drilling holes and trying not to do the splits

Snaps in place

A November, 2017 sunset at Harbourview Marina in Marsh Harbour, Abaco. The marina is now gone.