Once back in the Bahamas the weather turned in our favor and we got some calm following seas to continue on towards the States. From Staniel Cay we hopped across the Tongue of the Ocean to Andros Island. We weren’t sure if the weather was going to hold or not once we got there, but it did, so we just kept on going, and in a couple days we were up to Morgan’s Bluff at the northern tip of the island.
The Morgan’s Bluff anchorage was beautiful and calm when we were there, but it was clear that it had been a sorry spot to be at during Hurricane Matthew. The commercial dock and beach were littered with wrecks.
A little boy’s treasure—a dead fish and an aspirin bottle to put it in. This particular treasure stayed with us for two days.
The star of the show. Beautiful. I’ve always thought that I would like to turn one of these into a liveaboard ship someday. Forget sleek and fancy, and give me this beast any day. Unfortunately, we couldn’t make the rope climb up to the deck, and the weather forced us to keep moving the next day. I have a feeling the Bath will still be there next time, though.
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Awesome Post and Pics. A little info on the tug.
http://www.tugboatinformation.com/tug.cfm?id=4164
I knew a guy who bought an old tug like that at auction..and was able to sell the diesel in her tanks which paid for the boat and then some..what a deal!!!
Beautiful old tug. Can’t believe they are just letting it sit there and waste away.
Newport News Shipbuilding (We build good ships, at a profit if we can, at a loss if we must but always good ships). Is now part of Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding. The first hull they built (Hull 1) is sitting in front of their admin building. When I left, they were up to hull 696 – which I think was the USS Gerald R. Ford.
I lived aboard a converted tug tied up on a derelict dock in Sausalito back in 1975. Those were definitely good days! It was a wonderful space up in the wheelhouse and loads of space overall.
Yet today is even better, at age 63 living out of our RV, currently boondocked at Sherman Island in the Sacramento River Delta, kite boarding and windsurfing just outside our door. The greater area is typical of America in general, a huge conglomeration of traffic, shopping malls, freeways, subdivisions and everything at full tilt yet 3 miles down a dead end levee road is this wetland marine environment that feels timeless, a world apart populated by adventurous and alternative souls who will stay for the windy season lasting into Sept. Many will head for Baja from here, we will see them down there this coming winter but for us first back to Utah and Arizona for some fall mountain biking.
I have been doing this sort of thing all my life but Bumfuzzle def played a part in our decision to sell our houses and property and go mobile full time.