Spanish Wells to Royal Island

While wandering the streets in Spanish Wells, we came upon this interesting basketball hoop.

When I grow up I am definitely getting a bike like this.

We finished our 2 loads of laundry (only cost us 24 bucks), so we needed to get out of the marina with their high transient fees. Of course another front was a day away, so it was off to Royal Island which is one of the few places around that offers pretty good all around protection.


This leg was only an hour or so from the marina, but it felt good to move again.

Once anchored, we had 1 day that would be calm before the front moved in. We took advantage of the smooth water to dinghy out to a wreck just south of Egg Island. It is located just before the bank drops off to very deep water. You can clearly see the bottom the whole way to the wreck, so we were able to clearly see the large shark sauntering away from the wreck as we approached. There was a large catamaran that was anchored near the wreck with a couple of snorkelers in the water. That gave us enough nerve to jump in--even Lisa jumped in. It was quite cold but we were able to look around for a while.


Construction site on Royal. The Stauback Co. and someone else who didn't play football started a humongous project here, but I think like often happens in the Bahamas after a lot of money is spent, the investors backed out so the major work has halted.


Willow, the Valiant 42 anchored near us at sunset.

The front ended up being fairly mild with no excitement for a change. How wonderful is that?