Bahama Update

Well we are now at Man O War Cay. It is about 8 miles from Marsh Harbor, where our wives will be flying in tomorrow. Man O War is really a neat place, very friendly and small. The population is 350 and is rich in history. They used to build wooden boats. They would go over to the big Island and cut down the trees. They would even dig up the roots, they were used for the ribs of the boat. The roots were already curved to the contour they needed. Even though they are not making wooden boats that much the old ones are still in demand. We actually saw a 60 foot boat they had made sailing. They are still making some wooden boats and are making small fiberglass boats. Before we left the Exumas we stayed at Warderick Wells. This is a state park headquarters. The park covers several hundred miles and several Islands. The island we anchored at had several 100-200 foot limestone cliffs over looking the water. The views were drop dead beautiful. The highest point is called Boo Boo Hill. They claim it is haunted because of a ship wreck off the Island and no survivors. At the top of the hill people have been leaving their name of their boat on a piece of driftwood. There are several hundred pieces of wood on the top the hill. We saw a couple of sharks just cruising close to shore and little birds that would eat out of your hand, We should be heading home next Thursday. It should take us 4-5 days to sail back from Marsh Harbor. We anchor out one night, then sail straight through. We have meet several people from all over the world. We met one girl who was 31 that has been sailing a wooden boat, complete with wooden mast for the last two years, she is from Canada. We met another couple with their 6 year old son have been sailing since the 2007, they were from England. Several other people we have met come over to the Bahamas and stay for six months and then go back. If you anchor out it is really amazing how little money it takes and how little you actually need. See you in a couple of weeks Greg