When the tide was almost at it highest we came into South Side Marina, a marina we avoided last time because it's got a really tricky entrance, but the marina manager came out in his runabout and guided us in. It's a small marina and it's full. The manager and his wife were cruisers for six years and they know what it takes to make it really agreeable. The laundry room and the bathroom are small but clean, they have wi-fi and all at reasonable prices. They built a gazebo with armchairs and at 5 every afternoon they have a happy hour. She also drives cruisers to the supermarket which as we remembered, is really the best since Miami.
There are three other sailboats going to the DR and we will probable sail down together when we leave the marina tomorrow, on Tuesday we cross the banks and push on to the Dominican coast. We have a really short window before it starts blowing again.
After listening to the other cruiser's woes last night I started to feel maybe Faraway has been great. They've had fires and flooding, had to be towed into Nassau with all their electric systems down, had to get new (refurbished) engine in Annapolis, all sorts of mishaps which they also managed to fix underway. There is also a Dutch couple that have been cruising for 16 years on a 38 footer which they sailed from Holland.
So today was supermarket, laundry, resting. Tomorrow we start again...
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