Chub Cay Club Extravagance!

Yesterday we woke up late and decided we were tired and didn't want to set sail immediately and thought it would just be easier to check in at Chub Cay. So we radioed in to see if they had slips, pulled anchor and headed in to the marina. We were greeted by a friendly employee who helped us with our dock lines, brought us our customs forms and gave us all the information we needed to get checked in. Brad went off to check in to the marina and customs while I made sure the boat was settled in the slip and then went about cleaning her up from our travels. While underway on long passages, dishes tend to pile up and clothes that we shed and change into get strewn about below. It is said that you should be dressed nicely and have your boat looking good when checking into new countries as this is a respectful gesture towards them.

Once we were all legal, we broke out the bubbly and celebrated our arrival!!

We excitedly hoisted the Bahamian courtesy flag and headed straight to the bar for an ice cold Coca Cola. Ice is a thing of extravagance for us and on a hot day, an ice cold beverage hits the spot. Once we had whet our whistles, we went back to the boat, got the mutt and commenced our tour of the area.

Chub Cay Club is a high end marina designed mainly for sports fishermen. They have also built beautiful houses around the marina that unfortunately seem to mostly sit empty. They have a fancy restaurant and have built a clubhouse (unfinished) behind a beautiful infinity pool with a pool bar looking out over the beach. Since the marina and surrounding houses are mostly empty, we had the pool all to ourselves. It was a bit chilly, but a freshwater pool in the heat of the Bahamas is not something to be passed up!

It is great to be back in the Bahamas, where everyone is friendly and laid back. Island time does actually exist and it seems that it is the way we were meant to live. This lifestyle suits us just fine and we are so excited to be back here visiting this wonderful country.

Tomorrow looks mostly rainy so instead of slogging down to Nassau, we are going to stay put and catch up on some much needed sleep. Saturday we will set sail and start making our way to the Exumas....our paradise.