Thursday, March 17, 2011

Guanaya

Al catches a Barracuda on the way to Guanaya!!



Next Stop - We sailed to the most eastern island of Guanaya – 15 miles east of Roatan. We anchored in the bay of El Bite which is famous for having a wild dolphin. Dolphy as we originally named him was an escaped trained dolphin who lived in the anchorage. When we first arrived he came over to greet us. Everyone being excited jumped in the water but he swam away- none of us could get that close to him.
El Bite was a good anchorage with good holding and lots of boats. There was a really good atmosphere there and most of the sailors met up a few times a week for pizza night or drinks in the Manatee bar. We stayed in the anchorage for approx three weeks and got to know everyone quite well. The owners were originally from Germany and were really welcoming and good fun. Annette the manager of Manatee bar wanted Hallie to stay with her!!

The Anchorage of El Bite



The only problem with the anchorage was there were so many sand flies. We were anchored quite far away from the shore and still we were getting bitten. Horrible little things!!!




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