7:00am- Woke up to another gorgeous morning. Steve and I want for a nice long walk with our coffee along the Marina and ran into Linda, a boater from Minnesota. She was very interesting to talk to. Very environmentally conscious and very active. They have had there boat for 30 years and was travelling with her husband and sister. We really enjoyed talking to her. She told us to read up on the history of Cape Eleuthera and I will. She told us the Devos family now owns that island.
When we got back to the boat, we figured we should wash our GaYa. She was covered in salt and we took advantage of the water at the marina
We also took another shower after we cleaned not only the outside but the inside. Felt so good.
10:00am- We left Cape Eleuthera heading to Governor's Bay. We hope to provision there. Steve bought a loaf of homemade bread last night at the Marina for $5.99 but we sure need more things.
The seas were calm and there was just enough wind to put up our spinnaker. It has been a while since we have used it. We were admiring it. We were only going 1.2 to 2 knots. With 22 miles to go, we will surely eventually motor.
After a half an hour admiring our sail, we ended up taking her down and motoring.
11:30am- There is another boat in the same direction as us named Tudo Bem. We talked to Leslie and Ken last night at the restaurant who are also on there way back to the Abacos. 
2:45pm- Just as we were arriving in Governors Harbour, 4 dolphins greeted us and swam around our boat. What a thrill! 3:00pm- We are anchored in the bay. We covered around 24 knots today.
Governors Harbor has a great charm and is Eleuthera's capital and home to the Government offices. It is the largest town on the island, with some of the prettiest Victorian-era houses built on Buccaneer Hill, which overlooks the harbor.
After anchoring we went in town to get provision. After $130.00, we hope that it holds us until we get to Marsh Harbour in the Abacos. It is nice to have yogurt and fruit again.
Coming back on the dinghy, a guy stopped us and asked if we knew what time the fish fry was. We told him we didn't know there was one. He said he would come by our boat to let us know the time once he found out. He introduced himself as Neil. His boats name is Crystal Blues.
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| We joined Neil & Ley later at the fish fry |
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| We sat with Bill & Jan from Pelican Express at the Fish Fry |
After finding out it was at 5:30lm, Steve and I got ready for a night out. Although they did say they start at 5:30pm we should have known it would be more like 7:30pm. In the meantime, we walked around town. We noticed many churches.
The food was worth the wait. They fried snapper served with rice and potatoe salad for $12 each. Afterwards, they had a limbo contest and Stece represented Canada and Neil's wife, Ley, represented Australia. They were a very interesting couple who have travelled the world. Needless to say, Steve or Lee never won although Steve was quite entertaining as usual. Jan & Bill from California did not participate.
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| Steve participed in the Limbo contest |
We danced a little and then were back at the boat by 9:30pm.
It was such a lovely evening. We were anchored nearby the fish fry were they were playing a lot of Bahamian music. Apparently, they have a fish fry every Friday. It was such a great time.
We really liked it here.
The plan tomorrow is to head to Hatchett Bay.
Goodnight
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