Little Harbour was a good place to get rested after the crossing from Spanish Wells. The mooring float made from an old tire was an indication of the unique character of the area. We had read “Artist on His Island” by Randolph Johnston who left Massachusetts with his family in the 1950’s and sailed to the Bahamas settling in Little Harbour. He was a sculptor and the area is now a community of artists who do castings of bronze. His son Pete runs the foundry today, as well as Pete’s Pub, an open air restaurant.

After a bit of school work we went ashore and walked over to the ocean side to look for sea beans. Beth found one and Noah made sticks into swords. On the walk over the hill there were life sized sculptures of turtles, dolphins, sharks and rays on either side of the path. We visited the foundry and watched a turtle being cast into a mold to make a lamp. From there we visited the gallery where a similar lamp was on display. When watching it made, I thought it might make a unique addition to our living room at home, but decided against it when seeing the $4,750 price tag on the one in the gallery! There were some beautiful pieces depicting sea creatures actively engaged in the food chain as well as a couple depicting the life of man.

We met Bob, C6ALD, a ham radio operator who lives on the island, for lunch at Pete’s pub. He is part of the weather net we participate in. It was fun to put a face to the voice. Noah met a boy from Pennsylvania at the pub and they played the ring toss game until we were finished visiting.
Noah’s new friend came back to the boat with us and they played on the computer. Beth and I took turns playing on a Hobie “Island” trimaran kayak that the folks on s/v Movin On let us try. It was a real hoot zipping around the anchorage with only 6 kts of wind. Calypso was in the harbor as well and Phil gave us each a Calypso very nice little led flashlight. We’d given them some photos of Calypso as they were leaving Spanish Wells and as they were arriving in Little Harbour.
Because we needed high tide to leave the harbor, we dropped the mooring at 1556 and it was picked up by s/v Freedom, another Island Packet. By 1650 we were anchored of Lynyard Cay, had the dinghy in the water and were off looking for other kid boats. The first boat we stopped at was from France and had just arrived from Spanish Wells. They were in the moorings there with us and waited another day before crossing. He was working hard to clean a 54″ wahoo they had caught on the way over. The next boat was s/v Our Turn, a lovely Island Packet 445, owned by Claire & Paul Smith from Farmington Hills, Michigan where Beth and I owned our first home together. They didn’t have kids aboard, but pointed us to s/v Stardust where we met Jim, Kathy and Rachel along with Whitefoot their big black labrador. The kids played while we visited for a bit before heading home to get dinner ready.