Georgetown, Bahamas February 10, 2022

And we made it to our destination of the SEASON!  All I have to say is it must have been everyone’s destination of the season as there are nearly 350 boats here, all trying to anchor in the same small space.  Don’t get me wrong, I am glad we are here and made our goal of making it at LEAST this far, but it could not be more crowded. 

 Our insurance only covers as south as Clarencetown and there is not shelter any farther south than Georgetown, everybody stopped here, perhaps that is why it is known as Chicken Bay.    We made it and our first order of business after anchoring 4 (literally 4) times was to unwind at the epic Chat N Chill.  This is THE restaurant here in Georgetown and quite a lovely beach bar not unlike the Soggy Dollar in BVI.   We knew we wanted to at least try Georgetown to #1 – say we have been here but also #2 because we had heard mixed review and wanted to make up our own minds on the place and not listen to any specific person. 

 Over the next few days, we checked out the town, filled our gas cans, and took in some trash.  It is a small little town not unlike Spanish Wells and they have a decent grocery store, liquor store, couple of restaurants, and lots of cruisers.  We grabbed some groceries and we had lunch at the yacht club which was nice but expensive.  We hiked all of Stocking Island one day which was fun since we hiked straight up to the Monument itself and were rewarded by a wonderful view of the harbor.  The hikes were interesting in that they were marked with things like…coffee cans…and blue paper plates.  Noteworthy but it worked.

Navigating the hikes is simple, just follow the pile or rocks, Plastic plate or empty coffee can.

The Monument at Monument Beach.

View is pretty but way to many boats!

Happy Valentine’s started with a stressful morning when the weather hit about 4:00am Monday morning.  Ron was up and had the guy anchored next to us flashing his strobe light yelling that we were too close.  Mind you, we were anchored first and already told him he anchored too close and NOW he chooses to agree?  As he drug anchor closer to us, we finally ended up moving since when we changed directions, our anchor reset too close to the boat behind us.  After driving up and down the harbor for about an hour, we anchored 4 more times (seriously 4), and got ready for the next set of winds which were moving in tomorrow.  Winter in the Bahamas and spending a good chunk of time doing weather avoidance is annoying at best.  It impacts our decision to come back next year, and we have learned a lot.  We plan to stay in Georgetown for the next week since after this weather system there is one directly after it that lasts til next Tuesday.  Long Island may be next.