Little Ragged Cut, Ragged Islands, Bahamas

 We lifted the anchor in the morning and motored a couple of hours south to the "cut" anchorage.  We have some west then strong north winds coming for the next few days so need some protection.

There are 12 boats in the cut, all catamarans.  Most of the monohulls from Hog Cay are now sheltering at the Southside anchorage.  

With some "calm winds before the storm" in the afternoon, we went to the outside of Little Ragged with several of the other boats in the anchorage.

 

 It was a very nice couple of hours in the water.

We stopped at several reefs, didn't see much edible fish....nothing taken.

 Back to the boat for a quiet evening.  We're finally finishing up the "Twin Peaks" TV series, only a couple of episodes to go.  We're soldiering thru it just to get to the finish line.  But it has been hard to stay tuned.  I see it listed as the "best TV series, ever"....wow, some crazy people voted for that!

Hog Cay, Ragged Islands, Bahamas

The Hog Cay Valentine's party was a huge hit as always.  Fun getting together with all the cruisers and local residents.  Wonder Bahamian meal served by the local ladies.  Enormous effort on their part to cook and haul all that food and beverage over from Duncan Town on their personal small boats!  

The photos have uploaded in random order so you can just scroll thru them with that in mind.  I'm not going to figure out the correct order....

A great day! 

 

Local and cruiser kids instantly have fun together. 

 

Darcy was auctioneer- he did a great job.  The group raised over $1600 for the town.

 

Hog Cay, Ragged Islands, Bahamas

 Time to get the cruiser hut ready for the Valentines party....lots of cruisers came ashore to join in.  

Starting out, we pulled out one of the attached shades. 

 

 And got busy supporting it with poles and lines.  Anchors for the lines buried in the sand.

 

 

 One shade in place....

 

Moving on to the next one -the large shade fabric roll had to be taken down from the rafters where it is stored every year.

 

 The interior of the hut was cleaned out and the food-serving table moved into place for tomorrow's feast.

 

 

Then it's just a matter of attaching the shade to the hut on one end and supporting it mid-air!

 

 

 

 

A few tree limbs needed to be trimmed. 

 

 Lots more support lines installed.

 

Moving the tables under the shade.

 

Mostly done....

 

Relaxing after the chores are finished.

Looking nice.

Back to the boat for lunch and some relaxing....later in the evening we went back ashore.  Lots of folks, new and old.
 

 

 

 

 

 The teens put up the volleyball net and had a good time.

 

Back to the boat for sunset - a small green flash.  Party tomorrow!