Having checked into the Bahamas, we now can cruise around the beautiful clear waters of the Abaco Islands, enjoying snorkeling on the reefs and the fine sand of the beaches here.
The quaint town of Hope Town is watched over by the rather famous Elbow Reef Lighthouse.Sam, the resident lighthouse keeper, is in charge of lighting the wic
k when the sun goes down each evening. The light runs on kerosene and has to be hand wound every two hours throughout the night.
The light can apparently be seen for 17miles, but there are times when the wick will not ignite, or the boat with the kerosene supply aboard, does not arrive in time, so a little unreliable!
At the top of the lighthouse, after 101 steps!
You can just see 'No Rehearsal' anchored in the background.
We joined the weekly 'dingy drift'.About sun-downer time everyone gets their tenders, armed with something to drink and food to share, we head to the upwind side of the bay. The dinghies are all tied together and they drift slowly through the anchorage, chatting and drifting! We counted 25 boats, all rafted together and picking up more participants and more volume as the flotilla floats downwind and tries to avoid colliding with the moored yachts!
