In Now For The Rest of the Story Part 1, we revealed more details about our quest to bring this poor F-31 home and see her sail again. Here are some more pictures and videos from our time in Rock Sound.
Flying over the Abacos
Steve our Pilot in the Left Seat
Supressed excitement?
Our Plane
Rock Sound International Airport
“Blue Ocean” rental house
Kitchen
South room with sofa bed
Dining Roon and Entrance
Paul’s Room
One of Paul’s friends
Supper at Sammy’s! YUM!
Master Bath
Master Bedroom
Deck with concrete wall to protect house from storm surges
One Love
Needs a scrub
View of the back of Andy’s yard
interior looking forward
interior looking aft: slide out bunk just above the step
The Head
Jim inspecting under the cockpit
Damage under the settee in the storage area
Not so Grand Cherokee
Sails going home for cleaning
Our view of Rock Sound
The Atlantic
Paul at the Glass Window Bridge
Glass Window Bridge
The Caribbean side
Narrow bridge
Intrepid crew
Literally…..
Yup, they’re slow
Where we left the exhause
Along the Queen’s Highway
Queen’s Highway heading south
Conchs
Paul’s other little buddy
So excited!
No-seeums got in here one night
Laundry day
cleaning the main sail
view of Blue Ocean from the beach
What the…?
At Andy’s place
Nighttime on the Sound
Repair materials
Gluing…
More Gluing
More materials
Working hard
Our workbench
Andy’s view
Under the cockpit
Meeting one of the ladies from a Facebook page
Bye gals!
looking north to Rock Sound from the cottage
view at the Wild Orchid
The Ocean Hole in Rock Sound
Schools of fish hang out at the Ocean Hole
French Angelfish, Blue Tangs and other fish at Ocean Hole
platform at Ocean Hole
at the Ocean Hole
Ocean Hole
trying to get the portable freezer to run
sketchy….
my, my that’s a big anchor you’ve got there Jim!
Our dinghy
Dinghy launch
Preston Albury High School
Gate in front of the High School
Launch time!
at the Ramp
Conchs at the ramp
the dock at the ramp
craning on the mast
Good job boys! Andy and Frankie.
AJ bringing down the crane!
Thanks Andy!
Go this way Jim!
Skipper’s Smiling!
The motor runs!
Anchored and dropping off the young crew
A look of pride
He’s a natural!
Anchored off of the cottage
Hi Paul
Test sail day
Paul’s little friend
Raising the main
and they’re off!
the cottage
Sunset at Rock Sound
Gino’s conch fritter stand in front of Andy’s house
Sunset on the Sound
at the Wild Orchid
Wild Orchid
Andy’s motor boat
Jim trying to shake hands with a conch
What we went through in order to launch!
The path to the Boiling Hole, Rock Sound
Church across from the Boiling Hole
The Boiling Hole
path to the Boilling Hole
The Market supermarket at Rock Sound
well-stocked Market
one of many trips from cottage to boat
Awesome sign by the Rock Sound airport on Queen’s Highway
Preston Albury HS
Anglican Church in Rock Sound
a building in Rock Sound
Michelle’s Convenience where I printed Documents.
BTC (Bahamas Tel)
The Homecoming Place, Rock Sound
Lots of RO water spiggots at the Homecoming place
Homecoming Place building on the beach
fish pen off the beach
Looking toward Andy’s at night
Trailer Tri Adventures 
Good work Car!!
Our max speed was 14 knots. It was in the morning when we were making the 88 mile crossing heading for Bimini.from abandoned Cat Cay..We were flying the screecher and after hitting 14 knots the bobstay let go causing the screecher halyard to sag so we decided to douse it and change to the jib.
You got some real rnice sunset shots in the family photos
Don’t forget about the flying fish…they were awesome!
Paul
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Nice sunsets!
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