Day 65:

Bay of Five Pirates, Berry Islands chain, Bahamas, (anchored)

March 20, 2022

Rain was forecast for today.  We had to balance out desire to go to the beach with the knowledge that if it began raining while we were away from Lailia, we would get wet.  There’s not a quick way to get shelter.

For most of today we stayed on board.  John fixed the gimball lock on our range.  During our Bimini to Berry crossing the wooden range cover was flung off. 

It was warm and sunny.  We’re protected from a lot of wind here which means it was also really still and the most humid I can remember.

For longer than I have known him, John has watched March Madness matches.  He would take vacation time if good matches were being televised.  Today was a Villanova game that he really wanted to see, so he set out on a journey.

I fished for a little while.  Good thing we had leftover pizza for dinner.

John was unlucky in his search.  I did not catch any fish.  Neither of us got soaked, so it’s not a terrible day.

Eventually it did rain – we had a peal of thunder, too.  It was a short and intense deluge with slightly cooler weather behind it.