Marina at Emerald Bay

Hi All,
Z-Raye made the trip with us from Little Farmer's Cay to Emerald Bay on Saturday.We upped anchor at 6AM to get here before all the slips were gone due to this being a great place to hide from west wind. There were at least 8 boats right behind us the entire trip so though we were making great time under sail.  We turned the motor as well on to give us a little more push. We probably averaged 7.5 kts and at least once I saw our speed over ground go just north of  9 kts. Even the catamaran behind us couldn't catch us!

The Marina at Emerald Bay is a Sandals property but Sandals isn't really all that interested in owning a marina. It was part of the deal when they bought the rest of the resort. Slips are reasonable, water is only $.43 a gallon, laundry machines are free, and there are free showers. What's not to like?

We traveled 1985 miles (how I wish I could say 2,000) to be right across the pier from Ted and Claire on Another Life, just like we were in Kemah. This morning they pulled out and headed on down to Georgetown but not before we were able to catch up and have a sundowner a couple nights back.

We have great wifi here and there is more potentially nasty weather coming so we decided to stay put. We may have to stay here a week longer to get through the weather but we'd rather be here where we won't be stuck on the boat for days at a time if we have high winds or rain.

That's all for now.
Take care.
Brian