December 25-30, 2016 … part three

some more scenes of MOW

Modaki and Black Butterfly at anchor outside MOW, Black Butterfly is from Australia and has a 9 ft

draft, they are friends of ours from Nova Scotia, Jacobs Ladder, and Andy and Judy are

now in Central America in Rotan, we keep in touch by face book

Devil Ray sculpture

this is the place on MOW that we want to get our one sail restitched, but we are

having a problem reaching them

some more scenes

stag horn fern growing wild

sailboat sun dial

we found this mess of line floating behind out boat, so scooped it up and took it

to shore … this is an accident waiting to happen

Lignum Vitae .. the native tree of Bahamas

Joe says it is one of the hardest woods in the world and the branches

twist and turn as it is growing

mailing some post cards back to Canada

I wonder how long it will take ??

a hermit crab was walking along and rolled over and played dead, when I approached

they are so cute

the fisherman beside us at Managoes

this is red snapper and they where caught at 400-600 ft

and this one had a shark bite out of it

he sure had a bunch of colourful lures

he also caught 3 female Mahi Mahi, only about 20 lbs

and you troll for them

he said that when the Mahi Mahi are brought to the surface they are

a very colourful fish, here you can see blue, yellow and green

more projects inside Modaki, the v-berth walls painted and the wood under the cushions

Captain is starting to sand, scrape and varnish the wood work

and I'm dying the white bed sheets a nice yellow

Wingspread at sun rise

MOW canvas shop

Green Heron

there is a lot of house boarded up, just waiting for company to arrive

for the winter

another beach walk

December 25-30, 2016 part two

MOW ball diamond looking out to the ocean

I wonder how many have ended up in the sea ?

we met Chris and Charlie on the beach

we found a metal float dated back to 1905 .. I will post pictures of it later

we love finding these one way back streets, you just never know what you might find

air plane prop for entrance sign

brain coral .. one of the largest we have seen

the south entrance to MOW, we are looking out of the harbour towards

Elbow Cay .. this is how the ferries and all boats enter the harbour

sour oranges growing, I gathered some from the ground and I think

a Sour Orange Pie is in the making

heading back to our boats

feed the ducks on the way

Sun down and time to blow the conch

I think some one has eaten a lot of conch on this island

on one of our walks, we found a very well to do area, with million plus houses

and they sure where decorated well

one of the many palms

some more cool chairs

part three to follow

December 25-30, 2016 Christmas Dinner and Man of War - part one

we have to thank Charlie and Chris on Wingspread, Victoria Harbour, Ontario ... for such a

wonderful dinner, with a stuffed turkey, green beans, and we supplied

mashed potatoes, BBQ veggies and Chistmas Cake

we where also joined by Scotty Hamilton on Esperenza, from Nova Scotia

a few toast where made also

as I mentioned before Mangoes Restaurant is re-opening in January….

110 chairs has to be painted .. after 3 gallons one chair was left, unpainted.

in a picture to follow Rowland, had to paint a second coat on all the chairs

this is what line looks like when they are left in the water for any

length of time … actually a nice colour … on our return trip to Mangoes

we got the lines  out of the water and hung them to dry

I'm getting my sign made for Hope Town

in an earlier post we showed the signs that cruisers made to show the direction 

and how many miles it was to their home port

We will put our sign up the next time we are in Hope Town.

Joe is fixing the topping lift .. we are trying a new method now the

old one kept slipping out of the cleat

Luck of a Fool, Mary and Dave invited us over on Boxing day for supper…

another great meal .. they have now headed south to Eleuthra and Exumas

we hope to see them again back here in the Abacoes, before we leave

on our way to Man of War (MOW), I caught a small Jack… and returned it to the sea

anchored outside MOW…. this was good holding but the boat

traffic was strong and steady and we rocked and rocked, most of the time

Wingspread was anchored close by

a dinghy ride into MOW from the north .. too shallow for a sailboat, but we

did get to see two Manta Rays and a Sea Turtle

Joe is thinking of making this bench for our new porch, we love the life ring design

some pictures of our walk-a-bout , everything was closed today

this shrub was so beautiful, but it is not in our Bahamian Shrubs and trees book

it really reminded me of Christmas, with the Red, green and white

Abaco Dinghy loaded with Xmas boxes

front door to a church

this was the best Christmas tree that I have seen so far, a hanging mannequin

sculptures in a garden

and another

part two to follow