Sailed about 25 miles from Long Island to Georgetown on Grand Exuma Island.  Now THIS is the Bahamas.  Beautiful aqua blue water, lots of little cays with beautiful beaches and many great anchorages.  Got into Georgetown around 2pm after a 5 mile motor through coral heads and reefs.  Captain Phil's nerves are being tested but he knows there is much more of the same to come since the central and upper Bahamas are mostly islands on "banks" that are mile after mile of water just a little deeper than the Pintita's keel.  The banks are surrounded by waters that drop off to over a mile in just a few hundred yards.  As I type, we are running the "Silver Bullet" - the boats AC diesel powered generator.  Everyone has their cell phones, kindles, and other devices plugged in for charging.  We are staying at a marina that is redoing all their shore power and right now, we have none.  Looking out over the harbor (it's 9pm) is like star gazing. There must be over 100 boats in site at anchor - all displaying their anchor lights.  It's really a cool sight.  We are expecting the first (for the Pintita) in over 2 months. Fronts from the US typically don't make it below where we are - the East Trade winds keep  them from pushing south.  From this point north, we will be getting a lot of influence from the US weather.  We have read about all the winter storms marching across the country (brrrrr!).   Tomorrow morning, we will do some light provisioning and take on fuel and be on our way up the Exuma chain.   Will probably not be in contact till we reach Eleuthera in 2 or 3 days.