While in Little Harbor on Saturday August 1 we received a radio call from our friends Dave and Kathy Gillen on Long Run. They were anchored about 1 mile north of us as they draw too much water to enter Little Harbor. Long Run is a 65', 80 ton steel hulled trawler. They came into Pete's Pub for a drink then on to our boat for more cocktails. They invited us out to their boat for dinner. They had with them Kathy's daughter, Tim a professional photographer, and Dave's old friend Don, a former NSA operative; a great mix of people. It was quite an evening with a delicious pork roast prepared by Kathy, a beautiful sunset followed by a nearly full moon reflecting off the water. They have a collection of over 4000 songs and a fabulous sound system to go with it. It was a sporty ride back to our boat in their a tender, a 26' Mako after way too many cocktails.
Long Run is not so elegant to look at from the water, (see picture of their departure), but it certainly is very nice inside. The Gillens live aboard full time. It has been in the Abacos for over 6 months and they are now moving it back to Ft. Lauderdale. Dave still works and has been commuting on his own plane.
While in Little Harbor a small sail boat pulled in crewed by 2 women. They are the 2 on the right in the picture at Pete's Pub. The woman on the far right has been here for a month and will stay till mid August. She is alone but has friends fly in and join her for a week or so at a time. No generator, no TV, no A/C. She must like to rough it.
We have now returned to Elbow Cay at Sea Spray Marina on White Sound. The picture of Debby was taken at the Abaco Inn. You can see from the surf why we did not head down to the Exumas. We will slowly work our way back home from here.
We have now returned to Elbow Cay at Sea Spray Marina on White Sound. The picture of Debby was taken at the Abaco Inn. You can see from the surf why we did not head down to the Exumas. We will slowly work our way back home from here.
