C is for Cash and Carry in Marsh Harbour

Celebrian is at home in Marsh Harbour waiting for the crew to load her with provisions.

Marsh Harbour is a one stop shopping town for Celebrian and her crew. At population five thousand it is the third largest community in The Bahamas after Nassau and Freeport. Most of the cruisers who stop here are just topping up their provisions as they have left Florida with their boats full; however we have to do our major provisioning here. Just to give you a feel for pricing a box of Triscuits is $6.29 so on the average groceries are at least twice as much as at home. I always say I am not going to complain about prices in Ontario after a season here. Everything has to be imported from the United States so the pricier groceries are just the cost of living here.

Sea Bear is assisting in the storage operation. It is quite amazing how much we can put into Celebrian's lockers; however keep in mind that when we want supplies we have to remove all the cushions on the settee, wear a head lamp and dive for dinner!!??

The captain loves his cereal. We added to the cereal that we flew down from home and now we are good for several months!?

While hiking around Marsh Harbour we noticed this mural. It is good to see that they are trying to encourage both Bahamians and visitors to leave the smaller lobsters and conch. If they don't reach maturity they can not reproduce and the numbers will decrease.