Day #222 - Marsh Harbour, Abacos
March 10th, 2009In the morning it was a “Be Kind to Mary Day” and Andy dinghied me into town for a cut and color. Ahhh, it has been too long. My chauffeur picked me up at the dinghy dock on schedule and back to the boat.
The Royal Marsh Harbour Yacht Club was having their annual Pirates Ball and Jim and Joan Elliott were kind enough to include us at their table. It is a fairly big event in town and even the “Party Time” store stocked pirate garb for the event. We called a cab to take us their but after waiting 20 minutes a lovely local couple stopped and asked if we were going to the “Ball” and offered us a ride. Wonder how they knew we were going????
They dropped us off right at the door (what service) and the night began. Clearly many of the boaters prepare for this ahead of time and pack their costumes on board as they really dressed for the event.
Even some visiting children participated in the event and passed around trays of “Scurvy Prevention” which were slices of key limes.
The evening went way too fast but we enjoyed ourselves thoroughly. Very nice people, welcoming and friendly. The evening of dinner, dancing and entertainment was made that much better by the presentation of a lovely full moon.
