Our home base for 41 days was Marsh Harbour Marina, a place where we made good
friends and enjoyed the comeraderie of like-minded people. We made several trips of
1-4 days at a time while here visiting the area islands and towns and it was a good base
for receiving guests. The owners, staff and fellow boaters make it a great place, but also
make it difficult to leave. But we did leave on the 27th heading for points south and
then back around to islands to the north that we bypassed on our way in to the Abacos.
We will revisit the marina in a few weeks before heading back to the US.
The marina now has a ping pong table which Pete and I helped build and it has been
a welcome addition to the facilities. It turns out there are quite a few players there
and the table has been getting a lot of use.
The other thing I got involved in was making horns out of conch shells, which we play
at sunset each evening. It has become quite a tradition for all to meet out at the end of
the dock each evening and we had about ten horns playing on many evenings. I have
been trying to perfect the art, choosing different size shells and making different size
mouthpieces. The horns have all different tones, some discordant, making a cacophany
of sound when played together. We selected three horns with good harmony and play
them like a bell choir, adding a new twist to the concerts. I finally was able to make a
horn that has two different tones, approximately an octave apart. When OSU fanatics
visited us to play euchre we had the conch choir play the intro to the OSU alma mater.
They recorded it to maybe share on facebook or youtube.
Trying out the new ping pong table with Jim.
Directing the conch choir of three harmonious horns.
Some of the assorted conch horns showing huge variation.
The Jib Room Conch Orchestra
Ben and Katie from "Buckeye" join us for OHIO.
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