We met up with our friends Wilson and Gail at Staniel Cay. They kindly invited us not only to a delicous dinner, but also offered us showers and lent us bikes to sightsee the island. We had not had an indoor shower since December 16th. (Maybe it was self defense on their part?) Anyway, what a treat to take a real shower! We have a fresh water outdoor shower on the boat but the very limited amount of water we have onboard limits us to a stingy amount of water. One thing cruising teaches you is to truly enjoy the things we usually take for granted. At dinner we were talking about the local school. Wilson and Gail's friends Tony and Joan were at dinner and Tony offered to introduce me to the teacher and principal to see if they could use a volunteer. I met Tony at the school on Thursday and arranged to be at the school on Friday at 9:15. That afternoon it was such a nice day Bill and I decided to go for a sail. We sailed north for about 6 miles and heard an announcement over the radio that there was a potluck at Black Point. We thought about going but I was committed to going to the school the next day and we would have to get up really early to get there in time so we decided not to go. A few minutes later we realized there was a full moon so we could do a night sail so we turned the boat around and headed back south to Black Point. There was a big turn out for the pot luck and SEE Y'ALL LATER had a projector onboard. After the sunset and the full moon came up he ran his mainsail up at the dock and used it as a screen to show the movie Capt Ron. The local kids were beside themselves with excitement. We didn't stay for the movie as we needed to sail north. We had a gorgeous moonlight sail back to Staniel Cay.
Friday I volunteered at the Staniel Cay All Age School and taught two sessions of computer classes. This was a lot of fun. I enjoyed being back in the classroom. After I got out of school Bill took me out to lunch then we sailed up to Wardwick Wells. It was a fast sail, especially since there were rain squalls coming through. It was one of those days where we spent the afternoon putting in reefs, shaking them out, then putting them in again.
We picked up a mooring by Emerald Rock and dinghied over to the north mooring field to meet Scott and Kitty. It was great seeing them again. Unfortunately Scott had fallen while hiking on the island and has probably broken his wrist. The fall happened on Friday, he was taken to Staniel Cay Monday morning to catch a Flamingo Air flight to Nassau. Hopefully they will be able to do the X-Ray and put a cast on his arm in short order. He has been very brave about spending three and half days on the boat in a lot of pain waiting to get to the doctor.
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