February 03, 2001 -- A Day On Board

February 3, 2001 -- A Day On Board Today, we spent the day aboard the boat relaxing and enjoying the warmth and sun. I also put a coat of varnish on the hatch screen and vacuumed. Infact, at the time I started all of this, Mike was sitting outside and had to come in to find out what that strange sound was; it was me, vacuuming. Mike hopped in the dinghy and scrubbed the side of the boat that had darkened because of the generator. Other than that, we spent a quiet day. In the afternoon, since several other boats had arrived, Sandra and I hopped in Spot, the little dinghy, and did a boat tour of the anchorage. We wandered around and chatted with everyone that was out on deck. We met Bob & Doris, Bob & Rose Mary, and Bill &Mike. After we got back to the boat, we watched a sailboat head toward the wrong side of the entrance to Royal Island. We radioed them to let them know that they were using the wrong entrance. He let us know that he had entered and exited there the previous day and knew how to come in. We watched as he stopped, turned around and headed toward the 'correct' entrance. The entrance to Royal Island is an interesting one. The entrance is approximately 200 yards across. About 75 yards from one side is a rock formation. On the other side of the rock formation (in the other 125 yards of the entrance) is a submerged rock head that makes the wider portion of the entrance virtually impossible.