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| We sailed from the top of the harbor to this spot |
In anticipation of a wind change we sailed on Tuesday the 29th 3 miles and anchored near the protective shore of Rollezz Villas resort. As in most of the anchorages a row of Australian pines line the beach and provide us extra protection from the offshore wind.
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| Road from beach to the settlement |
We had a busy day Wednesday confirming our Thursday night dinner reservation at Rollezz, taking a 3 mile walk into the settlement
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| Old foundation using conch shells |
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| Plants will grow out of walls and windowsills |
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| He wanted to know what we were doing there |
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| One flower many colors |
and spending a couple of hours at the beach swimming and reading.
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| Sometimes after sunset is prettier |
We get a lot of great sun rises and settings.
A good portion of the day Thursday was spent re-caulking pads on the outside steps. It involves spreading nasty black permanent caulking material in the voids of the steps. No matter how careful we are there’s always clean up to do for days later. 
Heading for dinner early gave us a chance to walk around the resort property. It’s rustic and peaceful and we enjoyed having a beer on their beach chairs.
Dinner was an unexpected pleasure. When we made our reservation we said we wanted fish and I said that I would like to have some sides and we got a ya ok.
How the food arrives and if you are the only ones there are the unknowns. However once choosing your main course conch soup, salad, and dessert arrived automatically and were all wonderful. Amongst the 28 diners was an older couple from Massachusetts. They had sailed in the Bahamas years before and we’re enjoying being well cared for here.
Heading for dinner early gave us a chance to walk around the resort property. It’s rustic and peaceful and we enjoyed having a beer on their beach chairs.
Dinner was an unexpected pleasure. When we made our reservation we said we wanted fish and I said that I would like to have some sides and we got a ya ok.
How the food arrives and if you are the only ones there are the unknowns. However once choosing your main course conch soup, salad, and dessert arrived automatically and were all wonderful. Amongst the 28 diners was an older couple from Massachusetts. They had sailed in the Bahamas years before and we’re enjoying being well cared for here. 
The highlight was a local guitarist and singer named Rocky. One of the owners Carl passed out small plastic eggs with beads in them so that we could provide percussion to the music. 
It was a very pleasant evening and a short dinghy ride home.
It was a very pleasant evening and a short dinghy ride home.Friday April 1st we were underway mid morning for the opposite end of Cat.
We sailed almost all of the 33 miles. Passing anchorages we had visited in prior years and arriving at a beautiful new spot by mid afternoon. On our first trip to Cat we met a man Allen who gave six of us a ride several miles to and from Shannas restaurant. This time we anchored near the the restaurant and headed out to see if they would be open for lunch Saturday. I left Sheri in the dinghy while I met the new owners at at the Restaurant and a couple from Swampscot Massachusetts who had recently arrived to their AirB&B for their vacation. They said their connection to the Bahamas stems from their 30 Yr ownership of a timeshare on Cable Beach. We talked about how my Cable Beach timeshare had folded years earlier and their Westwind 1 property was going well.
We sailed almost all of the 33 miles. Passing anchorages we had visited in prior years and arriving at a beautiful new spot by mid afternoon. On our first trip to Cat we met a man Allen who gave six of us a ride several miles to and from Shannas restaurant. This time we anchored near the the restaurant and headed out to see if they would be open for lunch Saturday. I left Sheri in the dinghy while I met the new owners at at the Restaurant and a couple from Swampscot Massachusetts who had recently arrived to their AirB&B for their vacation. They said their connection to the Bahamas stems from their 30 Yr ownership of a timeshare on Cable Beach. We talked about how my Cable Beach timeshare had folded years earlier and their Westwind 1 property was going well.
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| Too rough to land the dinghy |
Saturday exploring the bay, seeing caves and snorkeling gave us some needed physical activity and filled the morning allowing us time to shower and dinghy in for a late lunch.
On the beach we talked with J and Cindy from Massachusetts who were talking with Allen and his wife Sheri. I recognized Allen as the one who drove us around years earlier and he remembered as well. His fondness for this island is evident in framing Cat as the place void of Senior Frogs, and noise. A laid back retreat that he arrives and departs from in his twin engine plane.
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| A bright airy hill side restaurant. |
We met another couple at the restaurant who arrived in their single engine plane and were departing tomorrow as we were.
Bob and Ann sat with us at lunch and we talked of planes, and boat life. She had just retired from the EPA and her role in the Woburn Mass Grace Chemical super fund site was featured in the movie civil action. Lunch, the views and the new owners were all great. Glad we were able to stop here to relive old memories and make some new ones.
Bob and Ann sat with us at lunch and we talked of planes, and boat life. She had just retired from the EPA and her role in the Woburn Mass Grace Chemical super fund site was featured in the movie civil action. Lunch, the views and the new owners were all great. Glad we were able to stop here to relive old memories and make some new ones.
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| The top picture is from 2020 and the bottom picture is 2022 under new ownership… Can you pick out the funny signs that changed? |
Sounds like a perfect time
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