Wifi hard to find

Welp we have totally enjoyed being in the remote areas of the bahamas!

The sailing has been light due to light winds. We don't go far in a day cuz we just can't make it far plus we have discovered the fine art of motor sailing due to two factors: 1. light winds 2. we need to charge our batteries every 3 or 4 days.

My staff has needed a few things from me such as writing a bid for a contract.  it is taking a lot of my time but Ben and I manage to get to places as he sails and I write.  Today I thought we would be into a harbor but ya-just-can't-be- on a schedule.  We got to the anchorage and the chart said, "Not good in North or East winds." they forgot to mention that the holding stinks due to grass.

Some of the bottoms are sandy with grass, this grass is a massive entanglement of roots.  these roots are strongly intertwind.  the root system goes about 18 inches to 2 feet deep. on top of that is some sand.  so it looks like you can get an anchor hooked but you can't.  So what do we do?
think... we looked everywhere for sand.

I dove down to check the anchor and I watched it skip along the bottom of the grassy sand while Ben motored backwards. I tried to dive down and hook the anchor into the sandy grass. it was like trying to get an anchor into cement. No go!

So Ben and I put out a second anchor... this is new to us.  We used our danforth (the pointy anchor) to see if that will dig into the grass.  We set the danforth 30feet behind the plow anchor and attached it to the same anchor chain.  We pulled hard on the anchor with the engine and we finally felt stuck. (of course that was a good hour or two)... we got the danforth hooked by Ben getting in the kayak and he lowered the danforth and then dove under and connected the two.

difference between muscle and no muscles.  I would have connected it to the halyard and hoisted the danforth over the side and connect it to the chain while in the air suspeneded from the halyard.  both methods work.  well we don't know if mine would work cuz we chose Ben's way.

We are liking the Berry's so far.  They are small and quaint and remote.  Not many travel this way.
we are just on the east side of Great Harbor an island northern in the Berry's.  We are getting ready to sail to the Abaco.  But the winds are not favorable tomorrow but Saturday should be the day to travel on perfect 15k winds on our hind quarter.

yesterday while at hoffman Cay we went to the blue hole. it was amazing.  just like a mayan temple - blue hole in mexico. we had fun. Ben jumped in from above and I took a movie of him jumping.

WE still have fish to eat. We have had 3 meals and onemore left.  I love the fish, but I dont like having to cook it at night when I'd rather make a sandwich.  I'm easy.  any ideas of how to cook mahi mahi other than in a pan or on the grill? is this something you marinade?

So tomorrow we stay put in the grassy land, saturday we go remote again.
That is all the news.  I only have  short time. atleast I dont have to pay $10/hr for wifi.

until the next time?
Pam